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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “atom payment gateway”

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 “atom payment gateway”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 17. 1 plugin is 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #1 2 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #4 ↓2 2 too low 3 Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too high 4 Vigilant – 100% Free Security Suite: Firewall, 2FA, Login, Headers, Scanner… 3K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Kit (formerly ConvertKit) – Email Newsletter, Email Marketing, Membership, Subscribers and Landing Pages 40K+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #5 6 WP Content Copy Protection 10K+ · 3.5★ (163) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow) 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 X XML Travel Portal Widget 40+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #17 9 too low 9 Zamok – Security and Site Tools 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Sentrix – Store Health Monitoring for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 HireCurrent – Recruitment & Automated Job Listings by Jayanta — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Atom Payment for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 SOptimizer – Critical CSS, WebP, Asset Manager & Bloat Remover — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 naulon – Get paid when AI reads your work — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 NanoTrans Agent Paywall — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Persian Kit: Complete Persian/Jalali Pack | پیشرفته‌ترین فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Oganro: Hotels, Flights, Transfers, Car Hire, Excursion Search Box 40+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #16 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.