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

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 “blik”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #7 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 100 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #21 15 too low 7 Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too low 8 Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too low 9 imoje 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 6 too high 10 ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ · 3.1★ (938) wp.org #16 ↓4 6 too low 11 Autopay dla WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #4 ↓1 7 too high 12 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Montonio for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Pay by paynow.pl 7K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 too high 16 Planet Pay payments 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑2 2 too high 17 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Payment Plugins for Stripe Elementor – by Pay Addons 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Buckaroo Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 CashBill.pl – Płatności WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 Autopay 3K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #13 ↑2 8 too high 22 Novalnet Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 ECOMMPAY Payments 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↑2 1 too high 24 YabandPay For WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.