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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “elementor forms pipedrive”

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 “elementor forms pipedrive”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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

Outfunnel: Web Visitor Tracking & CRM Integration shows at wp.org #15 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 600+ 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

WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 69 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. 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 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #2 3 Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI 90K+ · 4.9★ (375) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (322) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups 20K+ · 4.9★ (701) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 Integration for Pipedrive and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Bit integrations – Form Integration, Webhook, Spreadsheets, CRM, LMS & Email Automation 20K+ · 4.9★ (160) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms 20K+ · 4.4★ (433) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 HandL UTM Grabber / Tracker 10K+ · 4.8★ (146) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too high 12 WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress 4K+ · 5.0★ (69) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 too low 13 AI Puffer – AI Chatbot & MCP Server for Claude and ChatGPT 10K+ · 4.6★ (166) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Bit Flows: AI Agent Automation & Integrations for Forms, CRM, eCommerce, Google Sheets, and More 1K+ · 4.9★ (64) wp.org #20 ↓2 6 too low 15 Quill Forms | Conversational Multi Step Forms, Surveys & quizzes 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 CheckView – Form & Checkout Testing 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #24 ↓2 7 too low 18 Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 FormsCRM – Connect Forms to CRM directly 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 Ultimate Form – Multi-Step Form Builder, Conversion Analytics & Lead Forms 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too high 21 Xtreme Forms – WP Contact Form Builder, Lead Capture, Form to Email & Webhooks 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓3 1 too low 22 SheetLink Forms for Google Sheets and Excel 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 FlowSync – Sync WordPress Users to Any CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Brevo, Zoho & SuiteCRM) 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Outfunnel: Web Visitor Tracking & CRM Integration 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 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.