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

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 “add fields wordpress”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

WordPress Importer shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 2M+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.1★ average from 327 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups places #12 on merit, 4.4★ from 859 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. 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 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #2 3 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) 2M+ · 4.5★ (3157) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #4 ↑8 2 too high 7 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #9 ↑2 1 too low 9 Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager 80K+ · 4.7★ (296) wp.org #7 ↑2 2 too high 10 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #10 ↓6 11 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12 Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups 80K+ · 4.4★ (859) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1915) wp.org #19 ↑1 6 too low 14 Secure Custom Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #15 ↑3 16 Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.8★ (166) wp.org #12 ↓4 4 too high 17 MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ · 4.8★ (1497) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ · 4.9★ (36) wp.org #17 ↓3 2 too high 20 WordPress Importer 2M+ · 3.1★ (327) wp.org #13 ↑2 7 too high 21 Masks Form Fields 9K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #20 ↑2 1 too high 22 Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft 1K+ · 4.6★ (15) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Add to Calendar Button 3K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #23 24 Product Input Fields for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.0★ (17) 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.