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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress tamil”

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 “wordpress tamil”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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 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

Ada Tamil Writer shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 10+ 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

Text To Speech TTS Accessibility places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 92 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. 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 Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (620) wp.org #2 3 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #3 4 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget 6K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Send Emails with Mandrill 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #6 7 Protect the Children! 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #18 ↓1 10 too low 9 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ · 3.9★ (34) wp.org #9 ↓2 10 Prisna GWT – Google Website Translator 8K+ · 4.5★ (54) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 ConveyThis AI Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.4★ (145) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Appointment Booking Calendar 1K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #17 ↓2 5 too low 13 U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #7 ↑1 7 too high 15 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Booking Calendar Contact Form 500+ · 3.6★ (32) wp.org #20 ↑1 4 too low 17 AI Text to Speech – TTS Plugin For WordPress 80+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #16 ↑2 1 too high 18 Popup Like box – Page Plugin 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Ada Tamil Writer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 9 too high 20 Cybokron Consent Manager Translations for YOOtheme Pro 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Edit Usernames 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑3 8 too high 22 Kommunicate – AI Agents and Live Chat for Customer Support 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 AI Generated Post 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 One-Off Emails for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.