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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “successful redirection for contact form 7”

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 “successful redirection for contact form 7”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 3 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

Form Redirection For Contact Form 7 shows at wp.org #6 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 40+ 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

SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 397 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 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ · 4.2★ (125) wp.org #1 2 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (525) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 30K+ · 4.5★ (777) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ · 4.5★ (194) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Successful Redirection for Contact Form 10K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 7K+ · 4.9★ (324) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (397) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Icegram Collect – Easy Form, Lead Collection and Subscription plugin 2K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #11 12 Survey Maker by AYS 5K+ · 4.8★ (79) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ · 4.9★ (39) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Icegram Engage – Popups, Optins, CTAs & Lead Generation 10K+ · 4.7★ (370) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls 7K+ · 4.4★ (91) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation Form Builder for Square 1K+ · 3.8★ (42) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Easy Form 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) 900+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Pie Forms — Drag & Drop Form Builder 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 WP Redirects – Contact Form 7 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Form Redirection For Contact Form 7 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 16 too high 23 Nelio Forms 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Alpha Fields – Advanced Fields & Integrations for Contact Form 7 — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.