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

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 “billing”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

WPC Copy Billing Address for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Store Locator places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 312 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation 30K+ · 4.3★ (152) wp.org #1 2 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too low 3 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too low 4 Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.5★ (784) wp.org #12 ↓4 8 too low 5 WP Store Locator 40K+ · 4.8★ (312) wp.org #15 10 too low 6 Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager 80K+ · 4.7★ (296) wp.org #14 ↓2 8 too low 7 We’re Open! 5K+ · 5.0★ (45) wp.org #9 ↑15 2 too low 8 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #4 ↑7 4 too high 9 Multiple Shipping And Billing Address For WooCommerce 200+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #3 ↓1 6 too high 10 Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce – Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Subscriptions for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (180) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 ShopEngine – All-in-One Elementor WooCommerce Builder with eCommerce Templates & Woo Widgets 100K+ · 4.6★ (212) wp.org #20 ↓5 7 too low 14 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 Romanian billing fields 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 ↑1 13 too high 16 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #21 ↓8 5 too low 17 Invoicing with InvoiceXpress for WooCommerce – Free 100+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 Subscriptions for WooCommerce with Stripe Recurring Payments 1K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 Digital Goods for WooCommerce Checkout 3K+ · 4.5★ (42) wp.org #24 ↓4 4 too low 21 Flexible Subscriptions 1K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too high 22 WPC Copy Billing Address for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 17 too high 23 I Inspire Commerce Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 24 Zoho Billing – Embed Payment Form 400+ · 2.0★ (4) wp.org #13 11 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.