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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “forms with csv”

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 “forms with csv”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

WPZOOM Forms – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress shows at wp.org #6 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP All Import – Drag & Drop Import for CSV, XML, Excel & Google Sheets places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 1966 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #2 ↑2 3 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #3 4 Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI 90K+ · 4.9★ (375) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 600K+ · 5.0★ (1875) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1388) wp.org #10 ↑2 3 too low 8 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (108) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 WP All Import – Drag & Drop Import for CSV, XML, Excel & Google Sheets 100K+ · 4.7★ (1966) wp.org #17 ↑1 8 too low 10 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #18 ↓3 8 too low 11 Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ · 4.7★ (87) wp.org #11 12 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps 10K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #16 ↑7 3 too low 14 Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 4.7★ (275) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #15 ↓2 16 CSV to HTML 300+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #13 ↑3 3 too high 17 Mollie Forms 3K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #8 ↑2 9 too high 18 Custom Contact Forms 6K+ · 3.5★ (171) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 WP All Import – Import Add-On for ACF 50K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 ↑3 5 too high 20 CSV Importer Plus for ACF 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 ↑2 8 too high 21 WPZOOM Forms – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑1 15 too high 22 RTMForm – Contact Form, Multi-Step Forms & Form Templates for Elementor 30K+ · 4.3★ (14) wp.org #22 23 HIPAA Forms 700+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #23 24 Multilingual Forms for Fluent Forms with WPML 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 3 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.