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

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 gravity forms”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Fresh Forms for Gravity shows at wp.org #6 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam places #8 on merit, 5.0★ from 1471 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Popups for Divi 100K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #2 ↑3 1 too low 2 Surbma | Divi & Gravity Forms 9K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Gravity Booster – Styles & Layouts for Gravity Forms 30K+ · 4.6★ (199) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 200K+ · 4.8★ (109) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #8 ↑4 3 too low 6 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Divi Gravity Forms (WP Tools) 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 too high 8 WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ · 5.0★ (1471) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too low 9 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too low 10 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ · 4.7★ (87) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 4K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #11 ↑2 1 too high 13 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #13 ↓3 14 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #18 ↑5 4 too low 15 LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) 80K+ · 4.8★ (503) wp.org #22 ↓2 7 too low 16 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215) wp.org #23 ↓2 7 too low 17 reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ · 3.9★ (391) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19 Fresh Forms for Gravity 3K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #6 ↑1 13 too high 20 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #9 11 too high 21 Tablesome Table – Contact Form DB – WPForms, CF7, Gravity, Forminator, Fluent 7K+ · 4.8★ (89) wp.org #21 22 Secure MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI Agents 8K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Surbma | Divi Extras 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 11 too high 24 UTM Tracker for Gravity Forms 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 8 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.