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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “button contact”

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 “button contact”, 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

Contact Button – The All-in-One Website Widget shows at wp.org #6 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 696 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #1 2 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #2 3 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #3 4 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #5 6 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too low 7 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress 30K+ · 4.0★ (292) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too low 10 CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Chat Button & Custom ChatGPT-Powered Bot by GetButton.io 20K+ · 4.5★ (175) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms 60K+ · 4.8★ (124) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (94) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Simple Chat Button 40K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Constant Contact Forms 20K+ · 2.6★ (107) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click 5K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Floating Contact Button for MAX and Telegram 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Button Generator – Easily Create Custom Buttons with Icons and Analytics 4K+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Contact Button – The All-in-One Website Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 15 too high 22 Floating Contact Button 1K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 ↑1 7 too high 24 Blog Floating Button 8K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.