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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “replace diacritics”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “replace diacritics”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 3 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Sulado Odstúpenie a reklamácie for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 70+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Name Directory places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 81 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 60K+ · 4.8★ (248) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1815) wp.org #9 7 too low 3 Broken Link Checker 500K+ · 3.8★ (605) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Ajax Product Search for WooCommerce (ProSearch) 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Name Directory 2K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #17 12 too low 6 Titula 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 teachPress 2K+ · 4.8★ (25) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 WP Discourse 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 APSearch — Arabic & Persian Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Sulado Odstúpenie a reklamácie for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 SkyServers Local Delivery and Pickup for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Sitevorx — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Aetos Arabic Search Normalizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 SamedayCourier Shipping 4K+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 JRMora JSON Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Sieve – Faceted Filter for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too low 17 Arabdown SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 A.N.R.GHG Publishing Toolkit 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Botelix – Deposit Return Scheme (Pfand, SGR, Kaucja, Zaloh) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 FieldCanvas Layout Builder – Visual ACF Flexible Content Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 CitedSEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 R Replace diacritics 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 C Correct Romanian Diacritics 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 A al3x_file_manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.