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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “gravity forms addon”

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 “gravity forms addon”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Range Slider Addon for Gravity Forms shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

PowerPack Addons for Elementor: Widgets, Form Styler and Templates places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 361 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 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #1 2 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #2 3 Gravity Booster – Styles & Layouts for Gravity Forms 30K+ · 4.6★ (199) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #5 ↑2 6 Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) 80K+ · 4.8★ (172) wp.org #11 ↑5 5 too low 7 Connector for Gravity Forms and Google Sheets 3K+ · 4.7★ (66) wp.org #8 ↓3 1 too low 8 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #13 ↓3 4 too low 10 Gravity Forms Email Blacklist 10K+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 PowerPack Addons for Elementor: Widgets, Form Styler and Templates 70K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Qi Addons For Elementor 200K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #19 ↓4 7 too low 13 Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder (UABB) 20K+ · 5.0★ (332) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 4K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Smart phone field for Gravity Forms 5K+ · 4.2★ (23) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 Live Summary for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 Range Slider Addon for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #7 ↑1 10 too high 18 Fresh Forms for Gravity 3K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Integration for Gravity Forms and Pipedrive 200+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #22 ↓2 3 too low 20 Add-on Brevo for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #16 ↓4 4 too high 21 aThemes Addons for Elementor – Widgets & Elementor Addons 7K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↑1 2 too low 22 Retrigger Notifications Gravity Forms 1K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 WPSyncSheets For Gravity Forms – Connect Gravity Forms to Google Sheets 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too high 24 Country and State Selection Addon for Gravity Forms 900+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓3 4 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.