wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “personality test”

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 “personality test”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Quizably – Quiz Maker, Personality Quiz & Survey Builder shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities places #12 on merit, 4.6★ from 236 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #1 2

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ · 4.7★ (1282) wp.org #2 ↑2 3

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #3 ↓1 4

Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #4 ↑1 5

SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #5 ↓2 6

Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI 90K+ · 4.9★ (375) heavy footprint wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7

Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1388) wp.org #11 ↑4 4 too low 8

HD Quiz 6K+ · 4.9★ (145) wp.org #10 ↑2 2 too low 9

Quiz Cat – WordPress Quiz Plugin 4K+ · 4.7★ (35) wp.org #9 ↓2 10

Interactive Content – H5P 40K+ · 4.8★ (61) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too high 11

Watu Quiz 3K+ · 4.7★ (137) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 5K+ · 4.6★ (236) not PHP-current wp.org #20 ↓1 8 too low 13

ARI Stream Quiz – WordPress Quizzes Builder 1K+ · 4.9★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #14 ↓4 1 too low 14

easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution 4K+ · 4.7★ (26) wp.org #15 ↓6 1 too low 15

SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress 1K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #21 6 too low 16

ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema 6K+ · 4.5★ (85) heavy footprint wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17

Riddle Quiz Maker – easily add quizzes with unlimited lead generation to your site 200+ · 4.6★ (9) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18

Quizably – Quiz Maker, Personality Quiz & Survey Builder 200+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #6 12 too high 19

SurveyX Builder – Survey, Poll, Quiz & Feedback Form 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too high 20

Loginfy – Custom Login Page Customizer 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 P PFinalClub Personality Test for MBTI — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22

Ravanix – Smart Psychological Assessment 10+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #16 6 too high 23

SuperQuest 20+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #23 24

AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓3

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.