wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “checkout 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 “checkout form”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
Payoneer Checkout shows at wp.org #16 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144)
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 
Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager 80K+ · 4.7★ (296)
wp.org #3 4 
Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056)
wp.org #4 5 
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (808)
wp.org #5 6 
Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.5★ (784)
wp.org #6 7 
Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397)
wp.org #8 1 too low 8 
Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (108)
wp.org #7 1 too high 9 
Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (259)
wp.org #9 ↑1 10 
Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973)
wp.org #13 ↓4 3 too low 11 
Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce – Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (159)
wp.org #11 12 
Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce – Checkout Manager 20K+ · 4.9★ (165)
wp.org #12 13 
Direct Checkout for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (408)
wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 
MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509)
wp.org #14 ↓1 15 
CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517)
wp.org #19 ↓4 4 too low 16 
CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135)
wp.org #10 6 too high 17 
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #21 ↓1 4 too low 18 
MultiStep Checkout for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.8★ (55)
wp.org #22 ↓1 4 too low 19 
Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (40)
wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 
Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45)
wp.org #24 4 too low 21 
Checkout Files Upload for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #18 3 too high 22 
Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.5★ (15) thin reviews
wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #16 7 too high 24 
Tamara Checkout 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.