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

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 “call button”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 4 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

Mobile Call Buttons shows at wp.org #5 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 600+ 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

All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 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 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #1 2 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 MaxButtons – Create buttons 70K+ · 4.9★ (1093) wp.org #15 ↓1 11 too low 5 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #13 ↑3 8 too low 6 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Sticky Chat Widget – Floating Chat Icons, Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, Email & Message Buttons 10K+ · 5.0★ (39) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #23 15 too low 9 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Chat Button & Custom ChatGPT-Powered Bot by GetButton.io 20K+ · 4.5★ (175) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Mobile Call Now & Map Buttons 4K+ · 4.9★ (18) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Button Generator – Easily Create Custom Buttons with Icons and Analytics 4K+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Call for Price for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.9★ (27) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Fast Chat Button 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 WPC Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 4K+ · 3.0★ (15) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 WP CTA – Call Now Button, Sticky Button & Call to Action Builder 2K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 Mobile Call Buttons 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 15 too high 21 Polanger Contact Chat – Mobile Call Button 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Contact Button – The All-in-One Website Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Call To Action Customizable Block 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Pulsating Chat Button 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.