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

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 “banking”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 8 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

Wonderful Payments – Pay by Bank and Open Banking for Woo (UK) shows at wp.org #8 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 30+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #1 2 UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #2 3 WSB HUB3 1K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #3 4 GF Mollie by Indigo 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 SysBasics Customize My Account for WooCommerce – Live My Account Customizer 7K+ · 4.2★ (33) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #11 ↑8 5 too low 7 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #17 ↓1 8 too low 10 toyyibPay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #21 ↓2 11 too low 11 Parsigate 900+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓6 5 too low 12 MakeCommerce for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↑4 4 too high 15 PhonePe Payment Solutions 10K+ · 2.6★ (11) wp.org #15 16 Banking Blocks for WooCommerce 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 7 too high 17 Wonderful Payments – Pay by Bank and Open Banking for Woo (UK) 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 too high 18 Lili Business Banking 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 Super Payments – WooCommerce Payment Gateway 200+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 Payment Gateway for PhonePe and for Woocommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 QR Code Payment with USSD Mobile Banking Payment 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 WALL ID Pay By Bank 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Bayarcash WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.