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

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 “banks”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Indonesian Banks for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 19 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 1539 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 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #1 2 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ · 4.4★ (590) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #9 ↑2 6 too low 4 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #3 ↓1 3 too high 7 Piraeus Bank WooCommerce Payment Gateway 3K+ · 3.9★ (35) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #24 16 too low 9 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693) wp.org #12 ↑5 13 Autocomplete WooCommerce Orders 30K+ · 4.6★ (137) wp.org #22 ↓1 9 too low 14 WSB HUB3 1K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too low 15 Advance Bank Payment Transfer Gateway 1K+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #17 ↑7 1 too low 17 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 too low 19 BjornTech Swish for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Online Payment for Bank Mellat 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 Loan Comparison 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓3 4 too high 23 Indonesian Banks for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #4 19 too high 24 WALL ID Pay By Bank 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓2 8 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.