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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cf7 ui”

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 “cf7 ui”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 10 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

Integration for MailPoet and CF7 shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Popups for Divi places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 442 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 GSheetConnector – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save CF7 Entries to Database 40K+ · 4.4★ (129) wp.org #1 2 CF7 to Webhook 30K+ · 5.0★ (53) wp.org #2 3 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Multi Step for Contact Form 7 10K+ · 4.7★ (77) wp.org #7 ↑3 3 too low 5 CF7 Mate – Contact Form 7 Styler, Multi-Step Forms & Conditional Logic 20K+ · 3.9★ (46) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too high 6 CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Popups for Divi 100K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Smart Grid-Layout Design for Contact Form 7 10K+ · 4.5★ (72) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 4.7★ (275) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Post My CF7 Form 2K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Message Bridge for Contact Form 7 and Telegram 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too high 14 Tablesome Table – Contact Form DB – WPForms, CF7, Gravity, Forminator, Fluent 7K+ · 4.8★ (89) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 CF7 Views – Complete Entry Management for Contact Form 7 1K+ · 4.6★ (17) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 Database for Contact Form 7 7K+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 M Message Filter for Contact Form 7 1K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 PDF Forms Filler for CF7 3K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #13 ↑2 5 too high 19 AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 10K+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 WPSyncSheets For Contact Form 7 – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save to Database 600+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #20 21 Custom Datepicker NMR 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Style Contact Form 7 1K+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Integration for MailPoet and CF7 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 Form Redirection For Contact Form 7 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.