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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “contactform7”

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 “contactform7”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 5 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 #2 but places #9 on merit, a gap of 7 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Contact Form 7 10M+ · 4.0★ (2179) wp.org #1 2 Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer 5K+ · 4.9★ (78) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Post Affiliate Pro 400+ · 4.6★ (23) wp.org #12 9 too low 4 CF7 Views – Complete Entry Management for Contact Form 7 1K+ · 4.6★ (17) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Email Addon for Contact Form 7 3K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #5 6 ACF Field For CF7 10K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #6 7 Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 700+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Add-On for Contact Form 7 to Notion 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 ↑2 9 Confirm Plus Contact Form 7 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Lead Form Data Collection to CRM 400+ · 4.0★ (46) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 Mini WP GDPR 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 WOW Styler for CF7 – Visual Styler for Contact Form 7 Forms 3K+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Postcodes4U Address Finder 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 FormsCRM – Connect Forms to CRM directly 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 ActiveTrail – Contact Form 7 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 DragBlock – WordPress Site & Page Builder with Advanced Blocks 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 GHL Contact Form 7 Bridge – Send Contact Form 7 leads to GHL CRM 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 D Double Opt-In Helper 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Liana with GrowthStack 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 ifthenpay | Payments for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for Contact Form 7 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Integration for CF7 Pardot Form Handlers 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 LuviaEdu – School Management System — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Freebie for Contact Form 7 200+ · 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.