wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “make.com”

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 “make.com”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

TicketPayGo Lite shows at wp.org #17 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin signals wp.org

AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress 5K+ · 4.8★ (157) wp.org #1 2

Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist 9K+ · 4.9★ (111) wp.org #4 2 too low 3

ARI Stream Quiz – WordPress Quizzes Builder 1K+ · 4.9★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #3 4

Code Engine – PHP Snippets, AI Functions & Automation for WordPress 800+ · 5.0★ (9) thin reviews wp.org #2 2 too high 5

Order Tags or Order Label for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #7 2 too low 6

Snippet Vault 100+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviewsstale but ranked wp.org #9 3 too low 7 R RT Webhook for Contact Form 7 100+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #6 1 too high 8

Roadmap and Feedback Plugin for WordPress – SimpleBoards 40+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #5 3 too high 9 R RT Webhook for Gravity Forms 40+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 1 too high 10

Rapid Indexer – Auto Indexing for Google, Bing, Brave & IndexNow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 11

Liveupx Security 50+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #11 12

Tb AI Blog Automator — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #15 3 too low 13

Widgeteer – AI Form Builder — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #12 1 too high 14

Subscriber Manager Lite for Telegram — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #16 2 too low 15

Webaaty – Lead Generation Contact Widget & AI Chatbot — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #13 2 too high 16

EZDIGI Tool — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #18 2 too low 17

Babelbeez Voice AI — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #14 3 too high 18

DigitalME Mailer for ActiveCampaign — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #19 1 too low 19

XealBrax AI Auto Blogging Engine — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #20 1 too low 20

Staging Superpowers — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #21 1 too low 21

TicketPayGo Lite — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #17 4 too high 22

Famewall Review Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #22 23

Jookas AI Autopilot — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #23 24

FormPilot — Smart Form Builder — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #24

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.