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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “speech recognition”

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 “speech recognition”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20.

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

AddSynapse – Live Product Search & Filters for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #1 2 Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar 60K+ · 4.9★ (80) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (249) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Voice Search 600+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #2 ↓1 2 too high 5 AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS 300+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Kognetiks Chatbot 500+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 Everyone Accessibility Suite – Free WCAG Accessibility Widget & Toolkit 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 OZY Smart Search — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓2 4 too low 9 Audible Site Search 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Speechable 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 11 VoxFind AI Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 AddSynapse – AI Website & Store Assistant for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑10 3 too high 13 PrismSearch — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓4 3 too low 14 Chiaro – AI Sales Analytics for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too high 15 Kreva SRT Subtitles for Tutor LMS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓4 2 too low 16 ZW Player Video Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too low 17 Jim – Accessible Converter — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Bootflow Shop Assist for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 AddSynapse – Live Product Search & Filters for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Captionwright – AI Video Captions, Subtitles & Transcripts — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Cubixsol AI Voice & Chat Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓4 22 Kinedio Personal Shopper for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓4 23 Rank+ – Website Accessibility — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 24 Vocalect Audio Input — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.