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

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 “cash”, 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

Get Cash shows at wp.org #3 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 400+ 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.

Buried gem

Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 1387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. 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 Cash On Pickup for WooCommerce 7K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #2 3 Autocomplete WooCommerce Orders 30K+ · 4.6★ (137) wp.org #9 ↑1 6 too low 4 morkva UA Shipping – Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta, Rozetka, Nova Global 1K+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1387) wp.org #20 ↓8 15 too low 6 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Smart COD for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.6★ (52) wp.org #11 ↓4 4 too low 8 Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too low 9 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Conditional Payments for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (28) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #22 ↑2 11 too low 12 Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Wallet System for WooCommerce – Digital Wallet, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Instant Cashback, Referral program, Partial & Subscription Payments 1K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #17 ↑4 4 too low 14 PiWeb Disable payment method / Partial payment for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Ever Accounting – Accounting & Invoicing Solution for Small Businesses 1K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Order Tip for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (16) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 Bitcoin Payments – Blockonomics 2K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 Checkout with Cash App on WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #6 13 too high 20 Get Cash 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑2 17 too high 21 Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 2K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 Wallet Up – Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle & QR Code Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 14 too high 23 Tamara Checkout 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑3 10 too high 24 ingenidev, UAE – AED Currency Symbol Changer | مغير رمز عملة الدرهم الإماراتي 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.