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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “apple wallet”

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 “apple wallet”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

EpassCard – Apple & Google Wallet Passes for Loyalty, Memberships, Events & Gift Cards shows at wp.org #8 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe places #9 on merit, 4.4★ from 117 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (236) wp.org #1 2 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (127) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too low 5 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (584) wp.org #5 6 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #9 ↓2 2 too low 8 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #18 ↓2 10 too low 9 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #21 ↓2 12 too low 10 Montonio for WooCommerce 9K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 Razorpay Payment Links for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.8★ (21) wp.org #19 ↓1 7 too low 13 Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce 7K+ · 3.2★ (45) wp.org #24 ↓2 11 too low 14 Wallet Up – Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle & QR Code Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑1 11 too high 15 PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too high 17 RiskPay Gateway: USDC Payouts for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18 Wallet Ready Gift Cards for WooCommerce by GiftRocketWP 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑4 5 too high 19 CommerceBird – Wallet Pass for Tickera 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 12 too high 20 imoje 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 EpassCard – Apple & Google Wallet Passes for Loyalty, Memberships, Events & Gift Cards 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑4 13 too high 22 WalletPassBuilder – Passes for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 10K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Sola Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 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.