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

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 “repeatable”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Repeater Fields for WPForms shows at wp.org #12 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 322 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #1 2 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #8 ↑6 3 too low 6 CMB2 300K+ · 5.0★ (91) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites 500K+ · 4.8★ (165) wp.org #7 8 Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.8★ (166) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too high 9 NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer 200K+ · 4.8★ (1077) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM) 100K+ · 4.2★ (420) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too low 12 WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (322) wp.org #22 ↑1 10 too low 13 Image Alt Text 10K+ · 5.0★ (56) wp.org #17 ↑3 4 too low 14 Panda Pods Repeater Field 500+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too high 15 WP Extended – Modular WordPress Toolkit 600+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Contact Form 7 – Repeatable Fields 6K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #9 ↓1 7 too high 17 Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.4★ (163) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 GIFTiT – Free Gifts for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.2★ (43) wp.org #19 20 Repeater Fields for WPForms 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too high 21 CubeWP Framework 3K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too high 23 RoutineKit – Repeatable WordPress Workflow Checklists for Agencies 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 3 too high 24 Repeater for Contact Form 7 500+ · 5.0★ (2) 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.