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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “acf integration”

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 “acf integration”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

WPGraphQL for ACF shows at wp.org #3 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 21 places. Its 10K+ 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

Polylang places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 3004 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 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #1 ↑2 2 ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ · 4.5★ (160) wp.org #2 3 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #5 ↓4 2 too low 4 Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ · 4.8★ (132) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #9 ↑3 3 too low 7 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #18 ↓1 10 too low 9 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 ACF-VC Integrator 3K+ · 4.9★ (19) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 A ACF Post-2-Post 3K+ · 5.0★ (39) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too low 12 Bit integrations – Form Integration, Webhook, Spreadsheets, CRM, LMS & Email Automation 20K+ · 4.9★ (160) wp.org #20 ↓1 8 too low 13 MapPress – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap & Leaflet 30K+ · 4.7★ (147) wp.org #22 ↓2 9 too low 14 Dynific Addons for Elementor (formerly Anywhere Elementor) 70K+ · 4.8★ (104) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 Advanced Forms for ACF 3K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16 Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode 3K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 ACF Galerie 4 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #4 ↑1 13 too high 18 Easy MCP AI – Connect Claude to WordPress: MCP Server for ChatGPT & AI Agents 30K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #15 ↑6 4 too high 20 BjornTech PayPal POS integration for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #24 ↓1 4 too low 21 CSV Importer Plus for ACF 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 ↑1 8 too high 22 Dynamic ACF Repeater for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 14 too high 23 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 WPGraphQL for ACF 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑1 21 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.