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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “tajik”

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 “tajik”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Kommunicate – AI Agents and Live Chat for Customer Support shows at wp.org #5 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 60+ 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.

Buried gem

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator places #4 on merit, 4.7★ from 619 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (95) wp.org #1 2 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4955) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Translate WordPress with ConveyThis – AI Multilingual Plugin 1K+ · 4.4★ (145) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (619) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Prisna GWT – Google Website Translator 8K+ · 4.5★ (54) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Quran multilanguage Text & Audio 400+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Cyrillic Permalinks 200+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 SweepWidget – Giveaway, Contest, Sweepstakes, Competition & Photo Contest Plugin 100+ · 4.3★ (14) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 GP Machine Translate 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 wp-jalali 10K+ · 4.0★ (21) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 Kommunicate – AI Agents and Live Chat for Customer Support 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Bible SuperSearch 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 Zinn® Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Prisna YT – Яндекс Переводчик 60+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 ZapCache 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Automatic Multilingual AI Translation by Autoglot 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Gateway for Wallet One and Easy Digital Downloads — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 WGRank Translate – Fast & Indexable Multilingual Translation — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 APS Content Moderator Plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 X XRateTJ — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 SiteTran – Translate Your WordPress Site 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Loderi Virtual Keyboard 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23

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.