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It truly depends on what "plug" means. The oem will be simple plug and play, that beats splicing almost always. Hard to give better advise on a 22 year old truck that might have been hacked another time by others.
To be honest…pick something off the rack. Especially it’s plug and play.
I sincerely doubt Ford does anything other than outsource this stuff to the vendors you will stare at in the towing section at your favorite parts store, anyway.