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

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 “sendy”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 5 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

Sendy shows at wp.org #1 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 91 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups 80K+ · 4.4★ (859) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc. 10K+ · 4.8★ (438) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 600K+ · 4.9★ (4699) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Brave – Create Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey, Sticky Elements & Interactive Content 20K+ · 4.8★ (209) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 FuseWP – WordPress User Sync to Email List & Marketing Automation (Mailchimp, Constant Contact, ActiveCampaign etc.) 2K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 CF7 Views – Complete Entry Management for Contact Form 7 1K+ · 4.6★ (17) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9 Uncanny Automator – AI + Automation for WordPress | AI Agent, AI Page Builder, Free AI Usage Included 40K+ · 4.9★ (157) wp.org #16 ↓3 7 too low 10 Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ · 3.9★ (43) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Sendy 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 10 too high 12 Thrive Automator 10K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #9 ↑11 3 too high 13 Yeloni Exit Popup | (Free) GDPR Compliance 700+ · 3.9★ (59) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 Convertful – Your Ultimate On-Site Conversion Tool 3K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too high 15 SweepWidget – Giveaway, Contest, Sweepstakes, Competition & Photo Contest Plugin 100+ · 4.3★ (14) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 Sendy Widget 600+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 S Subscribe Mailchimp for EDD 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too low 18 TuskCode's Checkout for Sendy on WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too high 19 Solace Extra 10K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 9 too high 20 Quillrush Newsletter Studio for Sendy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 FlowSync – Sync WordPress Users to Any CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Brevo, Zoho & SuiteCRM) 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑2 4 too high 22 Send Data from any wp form to Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Notion, Slack & More – EasyLink Automations 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 L Lock Downloads to IP for Woocommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 I Integration Sendy for Elementor 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 4 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.