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

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 “enquiry”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 6 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

Enquiry Cart For WooCommerce – Request a Quote shows at wp.org #7 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 100+ 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

Customer Engagement System – Popup Builder, Forms, CRM & Email Marketing Automation places #12 on merit, 4.5★ from 340 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 CatalogX Product Catalog, Product Enquiry & Quotes for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.2★ (60) wp.org #1 2 Product Enquiry for WooCommerce (Now with AI Assistant) 10K+ · 4.1★ (68) wp.org #2 3 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #8 5 too low 4 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 PiWeb Product Enquiry or product catalog for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (33) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Product Enquiry for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (29) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (286) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #12 ↓2 4 too low 9 Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy 30K+ · 4.6★ (769) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) 20K+ · 4.5★ (156) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 Customer Engagement System – Popup Builder, Forms, CRM & Email Marketing Automation 9K+ · 4.5★ (340) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace AI Powered Solutions 2K+ · 4.8★ (432) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 Gutena Forms – Contact Form, Survey Form, Feedback Form, Booking Form, and Custom Form Builder 20K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too high 15 Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ · 4.3★ (24) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Cozy Blocks – Website Builder & Business Growth Toolkit | Popups, Lead Forms & Inbox 6K+ · 4.6★ (21) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Product Tabs for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 wModes – Catalog Mode, Product Pricing, Enquiry Forms & Promotions | for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 13 too high 19 N Ni WooCommerce Product Enquiry 200+ · 3.5★ (6) wp.org #6 13 too high 20 Request a Quote for WooCommerce – Get a Quote Button 6K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Houzez Property Feed 1K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Email Addon for Contact Form 7 3K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Financial Calculator 400+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #23 24 Enquiry Cart For WooCommerce – Request a Quote 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 17 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.