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

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 “nex forms”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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 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

Integrazo Automator – Send Form & WooCommerce Data to CRM & Marketing Tools shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Merge + Minify + Refresh places #6 on merit, 4.2★ from 68 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress 5K+ · 4.1★ (135) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 5K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #3 4 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Bit Flows: AI Agent Automation & Integrations for Forms, CRM, eCommerce, Google Sheets, and More 1K+ · 4.9★ (64) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Merge + Minify + Refresh 3K+ · 4.2★ (68) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 WP2LEADS | WordPress und KlickTipp einfach verbinden – WooCommerce und KlickTipp einfach verbinden 70+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Form Themes 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 YeeMail — Email Template Builder & Customizer 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Super Select 900+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Digital Signatures 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Mailchimp 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 NEX-Forms ADD ON – GetRepsonse 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Zapier Integration 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Integrate multiple Zoho products with WooCommerce and 20+ WordPress form plugins 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 NExS App Embed — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Integrazo Flow – Automate with AI, Send Data to CRM, Google Sheets and More — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 N NexJob Online Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Integrazo Automator – Send Form & WooCommerce Data to CRM & Marketing Tools 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #13 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.