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

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 “bancontact”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 7 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

MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events places #11 on merit, 4.5★ from 292 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 Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #1 2 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #2 3 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #6 ↑4 3 too low 4 GF Mollie by Indigo 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (591) wp.org #12 ↑2 5 too low 8 Pronamic Pay 2K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #8 ↓2 9 zahls.ch Credit Cards, PostFinance and TWINT for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #21 ↑2 11 too low 11 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #24 ↓2 13 too low 12 ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ · 3.1★ (938) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too low 13 WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising 800+ · 4.8★ (43) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations 2K+ · 4.5★ (64) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69) wp.org #11 ↑5 4 too high 16 Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79) wp.org #16 ↑2 17 WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #22 ↑2 5 too low 18 Buckaroo Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #10 ↓2 8 too high 19 Payment Gateway using Mollie for Easy Digital Downloads 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 11 too high 21 Nexi XPay 7K+ · 3.0★ (7) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too high 22 Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #14 ↓2 8 too high 23 CardGate Payments for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Rabo Smart Pay for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑2 5 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.