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

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 css”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 2 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

Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms shows at wp.org #8 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.4★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 1471 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Gravity Booster – Styles & Layouts for Gravity Forms 30K+ · 4.6★ (199) wp.org #1 2 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #2 3 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #4 ↑9 1 too low 4 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too low 5 Surbma | Divi & Gravity Forms 9K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #11 ↑5 5 too low 7 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1388) wp.org #16 ↓6 9 too low 8 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ · 5.0★ (1471) wp.org #22 ↑2 13 too low 10 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #23 ↓4 13 too low 11 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #13 ↓6 2 too low 12 GravityWP – CSS Selector 4K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms 10K+ · 4.5★ (30) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Live Summary for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too high 15 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 GSheetConnector – Gravity Forms Google Sheets Connector – Real-Time Sync 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 Signature Add-On for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments 10K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #18 ↑4 1 too high 20 Divi Gravity Forms (WP Tools) 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too high 21 Power Boost for Gravity Forms 500+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 ↑5 9 too high 22 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #8 ↓4 14 too high 23 HIPAA Forms 800+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #19 ↑2 4 too high 24 GHL Gravity Bridge – Send Gravity Forms leads to GHL CRM 600+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #21 ↑2 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.