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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “urdu language”

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 “urdu language”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan shows at wp.org #4 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 200+ 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

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #6 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. 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 – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (620) wp.org #1 2 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #2 3 Books Gallery – Book Showcase, Library & Affiliate Plugin 2K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 10K+ · 4.8★ (913) wp.org #10 ↓1 6 too low 5 Quran multilanguage Text & Audio 400+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #19 ↓9 13 too low 7 Floating Chat Buttons – Click to Call or Chat, Email 1K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too low 8 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too low 9 ShayanWeb Admin FontChanger | افزونه‌ی تغییر فونت پیشخوان وردپرس شایان وب 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar 60K+ · 4.9★ (80) wp.org #20 ↑1 10 too low 11 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #23 ↑1 12 too low 12 Send Emails with Mandrill 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #9 ↑6 3 too high 13 Protect the Children! 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #11 ↑6 2 too high 14 Export All URLs 50K+ · 4.6★ (94) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 ConveyThis AI Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.4★ (145) wp.org #24 ↑1 9 too low 16 Bible Verse of the Day 3K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #7 ↑7 10 too high 18 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19 Real Accessibility: Accessibility Widget & Toolbar 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #16 ↑2 3 too high 20 Universally – AI Translation & Multilingual SEO: Translate Your Site into 110+ Languages 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 17 too high 21 Urdu Keyboard 200+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #17 ↑2 4 too high 22 Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↑1 18 too high 23 Testimonial Customer Feedback 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too high 24 Urdu Text Fixer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 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.