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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “custom checkout”

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 “custom checkout”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Payoneer Checkout shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 474 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056) wp.org #1 2 Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager 80K+ · 4.7★ (296) wp.org #2 3 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #3 4 Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.5★ (784) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce – Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce – Checkout Manager 20K+ · 4.9★ (165) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Custom Checkout Fields for WooCommerce 500+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too low 12 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #14 ↑3 15 Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.5★ (15) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 MultiStep Checkout for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.8★ (55) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too low 18 Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Checkout Files Upload for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #19 20 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Custom Payment Gateways for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.8★ (21) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Tamara Checkout 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too high 23 Tabby Checkout 4K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too high 24 Svea Checkout for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.