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

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 “transliterate”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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.

Ranked above its merit

Media Rename — OrbitStem shows at wp.org #7 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LuckyWP Table of Contents places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 884 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names 40K+ · 4.6★ (62) wp.org #1 2 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 AliNext – AliExpress Dropshipping Plugin for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.3★ (53) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Cyr to Lat Reloaded – Transliteration of Links and File Names 30K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 LuckyWP Table of Contents 90K+ · 4.9★ (884) wp.org #23 ↓1 18 too low 6 Serbian Addons for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 translit it! 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Cyrillic Permalinks 200+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 B Bulglish Permalinks 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #21 ↓1 12 too low 10 Greeklish Slugs 3K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #22 ↓1 12 too low 11 Kodlo Media Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 Greek Multi Tool 1K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #24 ↓1 12 too low 13 Media Rename — OrbitStem 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 6 too high 14 AZRULAT 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓2 2 too high 15 Ukrainian Cyrillic to Latin by OSTG 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 Lytera UA LAT 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑4 5 too high 17 Omni Webmaster & SEO Suite 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too high 18 Lipyantar Slugs — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 SlugSync 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too high 20 Arabic Clean Permalinks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓4 4 too high 21 PlugForge Transliteration Standards — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓4 4 too high 22 Robse Auto Alpha Slug — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 I iLang Readable Slugs — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too high 24 JP TOC – Easily Add Automatic Table of Contents Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 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.