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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “image poll”

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 “image poll”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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

Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.7★ average from 34 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 1282 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls 6K+ · 4.4★ (91) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 TS Poll – Survey, Versus Poll, Image Poll, Video Poll 3K+ · 4.7★ (235) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 WP-Polls 40K+ · 4.2★ (136) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 UserFeedback – Create Interactive Feedback Form, User Surveys, and Polls in Seconds 200K+ · 4.8★ (309) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Quiz Maker, Poll Maker & Survey Maker by Opinion Stage 6K+ · 4.4★ (277) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ · 4.7★ (1282) wp.org #18 ↑3 10 too low 9 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #17 ↑3 8 too low 10 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #14 ↓3 4 too low 11 Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups 80K+ · 4.4★ (859) wp.org #20 ↑2 9 too low 12 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #22 ↓3 10 too low 13 Interactive Image Map Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Broken Link Checker 500K+ · 3.8★ (605) wp.org #16 ↓3 1 too low 16 Image Picker For Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 ePoll – Contest Poll Survey & Voting 1K+ · 3.9★ (24) wp.org #12 ↑2 5 too high 18 Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more 200K+ · 2.7★ (34) wp.org #6 ↑1 12 too high 19 Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 TotalPoll for Polls and Contests 1K+ · 4.3★ (45) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21 Onyx Poll 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 12 too high 22 SurveyX Builder – Survey, Poll, Quiz & Feedback Form 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑2 9 too high 23 CBX Poll 50+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓3 2 too high 24 Polls CP 400+ · 2.6★ (5) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.