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

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

PayCall Multisend SMS & TTS Support 66 languages shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10+ 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

WP Limit Login Attempts places #3 on merit, 4.6★ from 300 reviews, but shows at wp.org #7. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #1 2 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #2 3 WP Limit Login Attempts 10K+ · 4.6★ (300) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Voice Audio Widgets – Voice recorder with Forms, AI Powered STT, TTS, Transcriptions, Language Teaching 300+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 TT Extra Fee Option for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.8★ (16) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ · 3.9★ (34) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Accessibility by AllAccessible 2K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Ticket Tailor — Event Ticketing & Registration 4K+ · 4.3★ (46) wp.org #17 ↑3 8 too low 10 AI Text to Speech – TTS Plugin For WordPress 80+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Text to Speech – Reinvent WP 40+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Trinity Audio – Text to Speech AI audio player to convert content into audio 2K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 BeyondWords – AI audio for publishers 800+ · 3.6★ (27) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 SiteNarrator Text-to-Speech Widget 800+ · 4.1★ (9) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant All in One 40+ · 4.1★ (8) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Instaread Audio Player — Text-to-Speech & Article-to-Audio 90+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too low 17 Accessibility Assistant – EAA ADA WCAG AODA 100+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 AI Provider for OpenAI 60K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 PayCall Multisend SMS & TTS Support 66 languages 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Post2Podcast 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 AI Provider for Mistral 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Accessibility Audio TTS – Text To Speech for Articles — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓3 4 too high 23 A Audileo – Text to Speech (TTS) Read Aloud for Accessibility (WCAG/ADA) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 Ondoku – Text to Speech (TTS) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓5 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.