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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “3d secure”

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 “3d secure”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 of the top 20. 12 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

Paymob for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #1 2 Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (149) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too low 3 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #6 ↑2 3 too low 4 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #24 20 too low 5 Accept Stripe Payments 20K+ · 4.1★ (114) wp.org #15 ↑1 10 too low 6 PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.6★ (50) wp.org #4 ↑2 2 too high 7 Yoco Payments 10K+ · 4.4★ (43) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too low 8 Piraeus Bank WooCommerce Payment Gateway 3K+ · 3.9★ (35) wp.org #12 ↓7 4 too low 9 MONEI Payments for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (45) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 TNC FlipBook 3D – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 8 too high 11 PagBank for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 ↑2 5 too high 13 Payment Gateway Braintree WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 WCFM Membership – WooCommerce Memberships for Multivendor Marketplace 10K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #20 ↑1 6 too low 15 Conekta Payment Gateway 2K+ · 3.5★ (6) wp.org #8 ↓1 7 too high 16 GoPay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 2.6★ (10) wp.org #10 ↑1 6 too high 17 Payment gateway via Teya SecurePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓1 4 too low 18 Online Payments with iK Pay Gateway 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 PlatiOnline Payments 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Paymob for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↑1 9 too high 21 PayZen for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Sola Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 KOMOJU Payments 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Stancer for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #17 7 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.