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

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 “salesforce”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Donorbox – Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform shows at wp.org #12 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 8K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 34 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 CRM Perks Integration for Gravity Forms and Salesforce 1K+ · 4.9★ (139) wp.org #1 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 Integration for Salesforce and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Formidable, Ninja Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (61) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Integration for WooCommerce and Salesforce 100+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #5 6 Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups 20K+ · 4.9★ (701) wp.org #9 ↑5 3 too low 7 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #11 ↓3 3 too low 9 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 4.7★ (275) wp.org #6 ↑1 4 too high 11 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too low 12 Object Data Sync for Salesforce Integration with WP, Woo, Gravity, WPForms, Ninja, CF7 & more 100+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 Bit integrations – Form Integration, Webhook, Spreadsheets, CRM, LMS & Email Automation 20K+ · 4.9★ (160) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too low 14 Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (524) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Instapage Plugin 4K+ · 4.8★ (218) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Contact Form by Supsystic – Drag & Drop Form Builder with Templates & Form Statistics 6K+ · 4.7★ (92) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Donorbox – Free Recurring Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 8K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 HandL UTM Grabber / Tracker 10K+ · 4.8★ (146) wp.org #23 ↑1 4 too low 20 SAML IDP (Identity Provider) – Login with Website Users 600+ · 4.8★ (62) wp.org #17 ↑2 3 too high 21 Landingi Landing Pages 2K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Unbounce Landing Pages 10K+ · 3.2★ (11) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 WP-FormAssembly 2K+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓2 3 too high 24 Outfunnel: Web Visitor Tracking & CRM Integration 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓4

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.