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

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 theme”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

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

Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1388 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #1 2 Gravity Booster – Styles & Layouts for Gravity Forms 30K+ · 4.6★ (199) wp.org #2 3 Surbma | Divi & Gravity Forms 9K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #3 4 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #14 ↓3 9 too low 6 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215) wp.org #11 ↓4 4 too low 8 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #13 ↑8 5 too low 9 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #12 ↓3 3 too low 10 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1388) wp.org #23 ↓5 13 too low 11 Gravity Forms – Edit Entries 2K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #10 ↑9 1 too high 12 Live Summary for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Fresh Forms for Gravity 3K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #4 ↑2 9 too high 14 Image Picker For Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 ↑4 8 too high 15 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #21 ↓4 6 too low 16 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #24 ↓9 7 too low 18 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 4K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #20 ↑4 2 too low 19 Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms 10K+ · 4.5★ (30) wp.org #15 ↓3 4 too high 20 Notification Attachments for Gravity Forms 2K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #18 ↓5 2 too high 21 Signature Add-On for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #19 ↓5 2 too high 22 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #8 ↓3 14 too high 23 Power Boost for Gravity Forms 500+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too high 24 Enable Turnstile (Cloudflare) for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 8 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.