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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “telephone flags input”

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 “telephone flags input”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Telephone Input For Contact Form 7 shows at wp.org #6 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 700+ 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

Simple Job Board places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 133 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 Input Mask For Elementor Form Fields 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 International Telephone Input With Flags And Dial Codes 1K+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Telephone field for Elementor Forms 4K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Country Code For Elementor Form Telephone Field 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #4 5 Country & Phone Field Contact Form 7 40K+ · 4.5★ (41) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Form Input Masks For Elementor Forms 10K+ · 4.1★ (18) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor 20K+ · 4.6★ (25) wp.org #7 8 Simple Job Board 10K+ · 4.7★ (133) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Contact Forms by Cimatti 700+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 International Telephone Input for Contact Form 7 8K+ · 4.6★ (26) wp.org #20 ↑1 8 too low 13 AI Content Generator For Elementor 200+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 Telephone Input For Contact Form 7 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 SimpleForm – Form Maker to Chat Apps with Quiz, Poll and Multi Lead Notifications 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑3 2 too low 16 Softech Country Phone Validator 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Wawp Country Code & Chat Widget for WooCommerce 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 FormsKit Lite – Drag & Drop Form Builder, Contact Form & Survey 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Pay4All Age Verification – For WooCommerce & Pay4All Shop 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too low 20 C Country Select & Phone Code for CF7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Lunatec Callback Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Ultimate Addons for Elementor Forms 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Trust Payments Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Ananyoo Accessible Forms – Contact Form & Entry Storage 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.