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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “office 365”

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 “office 365”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

miniOrange Embed Outlook Teams Calendar Events shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 300+ 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.

Buried gem

SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 397 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 600K+ · 4.8★ (405) wp.org #1 2 Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (525) wp.org #2 3 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (5200) wp.org #3 4 Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more 500K+ · 4.6★ (707) wp.org #4 5 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (324) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (397) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 ICS Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (72) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports 10K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #8 9 WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) 10K+ · 4.9★ (153) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too low 10 WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ · 4.9★ (39) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 WP EXtra – One Click Optimize 6K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress 500K+ · 4.3★ (10) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility 10K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 WPO365 | Mail Integration for Office 365 / Outlook 1K+ · 4.9★ (26) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 Office 365 User Authentication for WordPress 20+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 User Sync for Azure AD / Azure B2C 70+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #16 17 Document Library Lite 4K+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 All-in-One Microsoft 365 & Entra ID / Azure AD SSO Login 600+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 Intranet and Extranet with O365 Login 40+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Cloud SAML SSO – Single Sign On Login 80+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #20 21 Zoho Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder for Websites – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Order Forms & More 10K+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #22 ↑2 1 too low 22 miniOrange Embed Outlook Teams Calendar Events 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 11 too high 23 DixonSMTP for Outlook & Microsoft 365 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 SMTP for Contact Form 7 1K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #15 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.