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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “contact info”

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 “contact info”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 3 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

Homepage Helden Contact Info shows at wp.org #3 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 200+ 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

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 3220 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #1 2 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #2 3 CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+ · 4.8★ (3236) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress 30K+ · 4.0★ (292) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #21 ↓2 15 too low 7 DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.7★ (99) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.1★ (48) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too high 9 Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.8★ (166) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 Contact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #8 ↑2 3 too high 12 Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 4.7★ (275) wp.org #16 ↑4 4 too low 13 VS Contact Form 6K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too low 14 Contact Form Email 8K+ · 4.3★ (102) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too low 15 Speed Contact Bar 4K+ · 4.6★ (56) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16 Contact Form Block 600+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Webheadcoder Multi-Step Forms for Contact Form 7 50K+ · 4.2★ (49) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Contact Form to Chat Apps | Click to Chat to Order – FormyChat 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Lead info with country for Contact Form 7 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #10 ↓3 9 too high 20 Homepage Helden Contact Info 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 17 too high 21 C Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Business Card Block – present your team and contact info in style 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 Extension Info Exporter 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Contact Button – The All-in-One Website Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑1 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.