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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “title case”

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 “title case”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

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Ranked above its merit

TDLM Title Case shows at wp.org #3 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 380 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Change Text Case 1K+ · 4.8★ (21) wp.org #1 2 Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ · 4.8★ (406) wp.org #8 6 too low 3 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #10 ↑2 7 too low 4 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526) wp.org #11 ↑4 7 too low 5 Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater (Add Alt Text, Image Title For Image SEO) 100K+ · 4.8★ (93) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Admin Columns 100K+ · 4.9★ (1652) wp.org #13 ↓3 7 too low 7 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #16 ↓2 8 too low 9 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #15 ↑3 6 too low 10 Search Regex 100K+ · 4.7★ (101) wp.org #14 ↑2 4 too low 11 Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #17 ↑2 6 too low 12 The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. 200K+ · 4.9★ (380) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 Text Case Converter 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #2 11 too high 14 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #24 ↓4 10 too low 15 Duplicate Title Validator 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 11 too high 16 Archive Title 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 11 too high 17 Options for Twenty Twenty-One 6K+ · 4.9★ (64) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.8★ (39) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 T TDLM Title Case 10+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #3 16 too high 20 Easy MCP AI – Connect Claude to WordPress: MCP Server for ChatGPT & AI Agents 30K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Project Showcase – Responsive Portfolio, Case Studies & Filterable Grid Layouts 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #12 ↑1 9 too high 22 Website LLMs.txt 50K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #23 ↓12 1 too low 23 Auto Title Case 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 Auto Tag Creator – Automatic Tags for Posts and WooCommerce Products 1K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 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.