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

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 “tamil”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Edit Usernames shows at wp.org #9 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 70+ 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

GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 178 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget 6K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Send Emails with Mandrill 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Protect the Children! 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ · 3.9★ (34) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 ConveyThis AI Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.4★ (145) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #18 10 too low 9 Appointment Booking Calendar 1K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #7 ↑1 5 too high 13 Booking Calendar Contact Form 500+ · 3.6★ (32) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Text to Speech – Reinvent WP 40+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #21 ↑1 7 too low 15 Popup Like box – Page Plugin 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑1 16 Cybokron Consent Manager Translations for YOOtheme Pro 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 8 too high 17 Ada Tamil Writer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 Edit Usernames 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑1 9 too high 19 Kommunicate – AI Agents and Live Chat for Customer Support 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 IP Blacklist for Cloudflare 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 One-Off Emails for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too high 22 AI Generated Post 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 ANON::form embedded secure form 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Tamil Thirukkural Quotes Plugin 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 too high

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.