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

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 “repeater”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 of the top 20. 7 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 for Contact Form 7 shows at wp.org #6 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 500+ 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

Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields places #4 on merit, 4.8★ from 418 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 wp.org
1 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #1 ↑3 2 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 40K+ · 4.7★ (738) wp.org #17 ↑1 14 too low 4 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #20 ↓2 16 too low 5 Dynamic ACF Repeater for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #16 ↑1 10 too low 7 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 Panda Pods Repeater Field 500+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #8 9 Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #22 13 too low 10 Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer 90K+ · 4.5★ (142) wp.org #24 ↓4 14 too low 11 Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ · 5.0★ (57) wp.org #18 ↑5 7 too low 12 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #3 ↓3 9 too high 13 Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.8★ (166) wp.org #21 ↓2 8 too low 14 Content Blocks Builder – Create blocks, repeater blocks with carousel, grid, popup layouts 1K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Repeater Fields for WPForms 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 Loop Grid Extender for Elementor – ACF Repeater & Smart Filters 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Addoncraft Repeater For Elementor ACF 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑1 6 too high 18 Repeaterly – ACF Repeater, Flexible Content & Dynamic Tags for Elementor 600+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19 Repeaters & Relationships Connector with ACF for Elementor 900+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 MJDD Sidrena Cijena 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #23 ↓2 3 too low 21 Repeater2Template Widget for ACF Repeater and Elementor 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 ↑1 8 too high 22 Repeater for Contact Form 7 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 16 too high 23 Repeater Fields for Elementor Forms 700+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 Advanced Gallery & Repeater Fields for ACF 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 14 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.