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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “calculated fields form”

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 “calculated fields form”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 5 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

Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.8★ average from 15 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #1 2 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.8★ (166) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #4 5 Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (259) wp.org #5 ↑2 6 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1388) wp.org #7 ↓2 1 too low 7 WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (322) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056) wp.org #10 ↓4 2 too low 9 MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509) wp.org #6 ↓2 3 too high 10 Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 30K+ · 4.5★ (778) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 WC Fields Factory 7K+ · 4.3★ (168) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 5K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #14 ↓4 2 too low 13 DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.7★ (99) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 JetFormBuilder — Dynamic Blocks Form Builder 80K+ · 4.2★ (72) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ · 5.0★ (57) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Advanced Forms for ACF 3K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 AIO Forms – Craft Complex Forms Easily 600+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 Calculation for contact form 7 1K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 Bulk Order Form for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 PVB Contact Form 7 Calculator 600+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too high 23 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Autocomplete for Calculated Fields Form 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 7 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.