wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “engagebay”
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 “engagebay”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 14.
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
EngageBay Forms – Simple and Powerful Forms to Capture and Nurture Leads shows at wp.org #2 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ 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 #1 on merit, 5.0★ from 69 reviews, but shows at wp.org #5. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress 4K+ · 5.0★ (69)
wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too low 2 
EngageBay Live Chat Support 100+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #1 1 too high 3 
Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91)
wp.org #7 4 too low 4 
Contact Form to Any API 8K+ · 5.0★ (28) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #6 2 too low 5 
EngageBay Landing Pages – Responsive landing pages for lead generation and conversions 70+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #3 2 too high 6 
EngageBay for Gravity Forms 40+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement
wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 
EngageBay Add-on For Contact Form 7 50+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #10 3 too low 8 T TriggerNinja For Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #11 3 too low 9 
EngageBay Marketing Automation for LearnDash — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #9 10 T TriggerNinja – Actions for Elementor Form — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #12 2 too low 11 T TriggerNinja – Actions for Ninja Forms — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #13 2 too low 12 
Vitxi Converse – Intelligent AI chatbot for Social Media — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #14 2 too low 13 EngageBay Forms – Simple and Powerful Forms to Capture and Nurture Leads 100+ · 1.0★ (1) thin reviewslow rating, top placement
wp.org #2 11 too high 14 
EngageBay WooCommerce Addon 40+ · 1.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #8 6 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.