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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “divi formidable”

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 “divi formidable”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Formidable Divi Form shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 30+ 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

Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 4514 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ · 5.0★ (1472) wp.org #5 4 too low 2 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #3 4 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ · 3.9★ (391) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #14 ↓2 7 too low 8 Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ · 4.7★ (87) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too low 9 Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. 200K+ · 4.7★ (2215) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder 600K+ · 4.9★ (4514) wp.org #22 ↓1 12 too low 11 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 5K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #12 ↑2 1 too low 12 E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (59) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 Studio Modules for Divi | Divi Studio Lite 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 11 too high 14 Email Template Designer – WP HTML Mail 20K+ · 4.8★ (87) wp.org #21 ↓4 7 too low 15 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #15 ↑1 16 GSheetConnector – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save CF7 Entries to Database 40K+ · 4.4★ (129) wp.org #18 ↑4 2 too low 17 Cimo – Free Instant Image Optimizer & WebP Converter 10K+ · 4.9★ (20) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click 5K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 GSheetConnector – WPForms Google Sheets Connector, Save WPForms Lite & PRO Entries to Database & Sheets 7K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #19 20 mosparo Integration 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 ↑1 10 too high 21 Friendly Captcha for WordPress 10K+ · 3.9★ (18) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too high 22 Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Formidable Divi Form 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 Audit My Forms – Scanner for Elementor, Divi, and Contact Forms 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.