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

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 “telegram”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Lead Generation Contact Widget & AI Chatbot: Chat Button, Phone Call, Telegram, Email – SiteLeads shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10K+ 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

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 3220 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Notification for Telegram 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications) 30K+ · 5.0★ (426) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too low 4 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 QuadLayers Telegram Button 1K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #19 ↑1 13 too low 7 Message Bridge for Contact Form 7 and Telegram 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too low 9 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too low 10 Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Telegram Bot & Channel 500+ · 4.8★ (22) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 WP Telegram Widget and Join Link 4K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #20 ↓3 7 too low 14 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 WP Telegram Login & Register 800+ · 4.9★ (37) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ · 4.7★ (98) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too low 17 Floating Contact Button for MAX and Telegram 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #7 ↑1 10 too high 18 Sticky Chat Widget – Floating Chat Icons, Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, Email & Message Buttons 10K+ · 5.0★ (39) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Social Media Auto Publish 5K+ · 4.7★ (345) wp.org #22 ↑2 3 too low 20 TelSender – Сontact form 7, Events, Wpforms, ninja forms and woocommerce to telegram bot 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 EchoPing – Telegram Order Notifications for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Lead Generation Contact Widget & AI Chatbot: Chat Button, Phone Call, Telegram, Email – SiteLeads 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 11 too high 23 Site Chat on Telegram 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #15 ↑3 8 too high 24 Pulsating Chat Button 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.