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

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 “wp phone”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 2 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

Smart Phone Field For WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Elementor Forms, WooCommerce, Formidable Forms, Ninja Forms shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Store Locator 40K+ · 4.8★ (312) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too low 5 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 WP Chat App 100K+ · 4.9★ (222) wp.org #8 ↑2 2 too low 7 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 Phone Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (32) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers 90K+ · 4.9★ (94) wp.org #9 10 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #13 ↑5 3 too low 11 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #14 ↑2 3 too low 12 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #12 13 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too low 14 Country & Phone Field Contact Form 7 40K+ · 4.5★ (41) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 100K+ · 4.6★ (820) wp.org #24 ↓1 9 too low 16 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (344) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 SlimStat Analytics – Real-Time Stats, Heatmaps & Ecommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (816) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 WP Simple Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.8★ (227) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Smart Phone Field For WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Elementor Forms, WooCommerce, Formidable Forms, Ninja Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↑2 11 too high 23 Phone Validator with Flags for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 CallRail Phone Call Tracking 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #15 9 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.