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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “translate plugin”

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 “translate plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Linguator – AI Auto Translate & Create Multilingual Sites shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 20 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #1 2 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #2 3 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #3 4 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #4 5 LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate 70K+ · 4.9★ (642) wp.org #5 6 Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation 50K+ · 4.8★ (1940) wp.org #6 7 Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing & Member Directories for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (620) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #10 ↑1 11 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too low 12 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too low 13 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #14 15 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too low 16 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes 200K+ · 4.7★ (326) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 Linguator – AI Auto Translate & Create Multilingual Sites 3K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #7 11 too high 19 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Sitemap by BestWebSoft – WordPress XML Site Map Page Generator Plugin 20K+ · 4.3★ (115) wp.org #21 22 AI Translation For TranslatePress 10K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #22 23 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #12 ↑1 11 too high 24 AI Translate: Affordable Context-Aware Translation 70+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24

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.