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

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 verification”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

WPSyncSheets For Gravity Forms – Connect Gravity Forms to Google Sheets shows at wp.org #5 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 973 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. 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★ (808) wp.org #1 2 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #2 3 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications 5K+ · 4.7★ (439) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ · 4.7★ (87) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1388) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #7 8 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ · 5.0★ (1472) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ · 4.8★ (1497) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Signature Add-On for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 8K+ · 4.6★ (87) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 WPSyncSheets For Gravity Forms – Connect Gravity Forms to Google Sheets 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 12 too high 18 SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Double Opt-In for Contact Form 7 – Secure, GDPR-Compliant Email Verification 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Blacklist Manager – WooCommerce Anti-Fraud, Blacklist & Checkout Verification 2K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 ZeroBounce Email Verification & Validation 900+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Gravity Forms – OTP Verification (SMS/EMAIL) 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Clone Gravity Form Entry 90+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Paystack Add-On for Gravity Forms 300+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #17 7 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.