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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “request a quote”

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 “request a quote”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 10 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

WPC Request a Quote for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 70+ 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

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 2144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 ELEX WooCommerce Request a Quote 2K+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #1 2 NP Quote Request for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.6★ (87) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #11 ↓2 8 too low 4 YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (66) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Request a Quote for WooCommerce – Get a Quote Button 6K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 eCommerce Product Catalog 7K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #9 ↓4 3 too low 7 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 CatalogX Product Catalog, Product Enquiry & Quotes for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.2★ (60) wp.org #6 ↑5 2 too high 9 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #23 ↓1 14 too low 10 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #19 ↑1 8 too low 12 Call for Price for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.9★ (27) wp.org #7 ↑1 5 too high 13 Product Enquiry for WooCommerce (Now with AI Assistant) 10K+ · 4.1★ (68) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too low 14 Product Enquiry for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (29) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Quotes for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (61) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #22 ↑1 6 too low 17 Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (104) wp.org #20 ↓3 3 too low 18 Freight Shipping Quote – Simplify Shipping Cost Requests 300+ · 4.7★ (16) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 mPDF add-on for RTL and Unicode Support 4K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 WPC Request a Quote for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑1 15 too high 21 B2B Request a Quote 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓1 13 too high 22 Quotify | Product Quotation – Request a Quote for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too high 23 Request a Quote for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 7 too high 24 Enquiry Cart For WooCommerce – Request a Quote 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 11 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.