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

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 screen”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Izurutoys Confirmation Screen for Contact Form 7 shows at wp.org #3 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 413 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 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #4 ↓1 3 too low 2 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #6 ↑1 4 too low 3 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too low 4 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8709) wp.org #15 ↑1 11 too low 5 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #9 ↑2 4 too low 6 Skip Confirmation On 80+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Unbloater 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar 7K+ · 4.5★ (167) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too low 9 COD Order Confirmation for India 70+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (413) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 WPBruiser Security – No CAPTCHA Anti-Spam & Login Protection 10K+ · 4.6★ (213) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Password Protected 300K+ · 4.4★ (142) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Remove Dashboard Access 30K+ · 4.6★ (78) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too low 14 Confirm Plus Contact Form 7 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 13 too high 15 M MW WP Form 200K+ · 4.2★ (23) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Event Genius – Event Calendar, Event Registration, and Attendee Management 600+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Theme My Login 50K+ · 3.7★ (460) wp.org #24 ↓7 7 too low 18 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 EU Withdrawal and Legal Guarantee Compliance 1K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #19 ↑2 1 too high 21 I Izurutoys Confirmation Screen for Contact Form 7 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↑3 18 too high 22 Pdf Embed 10K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 ↑2 6 too high 23 Cal.com 2K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 too high 24 Kubelio Payment Confirmation for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.