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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mautic”

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

Mautic Integration For Fluent Forms shows at wp.org #3 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 91 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Mautic 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #1 2 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #7 ↓2 4 too low 4 Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups 80K+ · 4.4★ (859) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 FluentSnippets – High-Performance Code Snippets, Header & Footer Code, Custom CSS & PHP Code Manager 50K+ · 4.7★ (78) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 WP Fusion Lite – Marketing Automation and CRM Integration for WordPress 4K+ · 5.0★ (69) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 Uncanny Automator – AI + Automation for WordPress | AI Agent, AI Page Builder, Free AI Usage Included 40K+ · 4.9★ (157) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9 Sync Mautic 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Integrations for Mautic 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login 10K+ · 4.1★ (35) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Quill Forms | Conversational Multi Step Forms, Surveys & quizzes 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 WebinarPress – Webinar System for WordPress 800+ · 4.1★ (40) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Event Tickets Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (32) wp.org #14 15 WebinarIgnition – AI & MCP Webinar Builder on Your WordPress: Live, Automated & Evergreen, WooCommerce Upsells Inside 60+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 Chatbot for WordPress by Collect.chat ⚡️ 6K+ · 4.4★ (38) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Mautic Integration For Fluent Forms 200+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #3 14 too high 18 Elementic 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 ↓3 6 too low 19 Aplose Newsletter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Aivie for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Aluleth Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Send Data from any wp form to Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Notion, Slack & More – EasyLink Automations 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Aluleth Membership — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Aluleth SMTP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 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.