wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “confirmation”

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 “confirmation”, we and wp.org disagree 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

Confirm Plus Contact Form 7 shows at wp.org #9 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 7K+ 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

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 779 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 signals wp.org

Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #3 2 too low 2

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 D Disable woocommerce logout confirmation 600+ · 5.0★ (6) thin reviews wp.org #1 2 too high 4

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #4 5

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6

Change Admin Email 40K+ · 4.8★ (141) wp.org #10 ↑2 4 too low 7

Booking Calendar 40K+ · 4.8★ (657) wp.org #14 ↑3 7 too low 8

SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #11 3 too low 9

Skip Confirmation On 80+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #2 7 too high 10

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779) wp.org #23 ↓9 13 too low 11

Event Genius – Event Calendar, Event Registration, and Attendee Management 600+ · 4.8★ (17) thin reviews wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too high 12

Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (413) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #15 3 too low 13

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) not PHP-current wp.org #21 8 too low 14

Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) not PHP-current wp.org #17 ↑2 3 too low 15

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #16 ↑6 1 too low 16

Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar 7K+ · 4.5★ (167) throws errorsnot PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #13 3 too high 17

Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress 100K+ · 4.9★ (107) wp.org #24 ↓4 7 too low 18

GDPR 10K+ · 4.3★ (58) wp.org #22 ↑2 4 too low 19

COD Order Confirmation for India 70+ · 4.5★ (11) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #7 ↓2 12 too high 20

Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #19 1 too high 21

CPS | Age Verification 800+ · 4.4★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↑5 3 too high 22

Confirm Plus Contact Form 7 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #9 ↓1 13 too high 23

Enable Gravity Forms Confirmation Anchor 60+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #20 3 too high 24

WaMate Confirm – Order Confirmation 50+ · 2.5★ (2) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓2 12 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.