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

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 “graphs”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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 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

Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 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 signals wp.org

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #1 ↑2 2

All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #6 3 too low 4

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #4 5

WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 500K+ · 4.1★ (758) wp.org #5 ↑8 6

Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) thin reviews wp.org #2 ↓1 4 too high 7

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too low 8

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too low 10

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too low 11

SureRank SEO – Meta Tags, Social Preview, XML Sitemap, Schema & Open Graph 300K+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12

WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ · 5.0★ (40) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #17 4 too low 14

Open Graph 10K+ · 4.3★ (13) thin reviews wp.org #7 ↓2 7 too high 15

FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #23 8 too low 16

M Chart 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #20 ↑2 4 too low 17

Open Graph Protocol Framework 3K+ · 4.3★ (15) thin reviews wp.org #14 ↑5 3 too high 18

Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) thin reviews wp.org #21 ↑3 3 too low 19

Metricool – Social media and site statistics 90K+ · 4.4★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #24 5 too low 20

Always Use Open Graph with Jetpack 500+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21

iChart – Easy Charts and Graphs 300+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #11 10 too high 22

Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs 3K+ · 3.0★ (6) thin reviews wp.org #10 ↓2 12 too high 23

WP Charts and Graphs – WordPress Chart Plugin 1K+ · 4.8★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24

WP Ultimate Review 60K+ · 3.4★ (17) thin reviews wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.