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

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 “debit”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

CIELO API PIX, credit card, debit payment for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 600+ 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

Germanized for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 496 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #1 2 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #2 3 Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (127) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Rede Itaú for WooCommerce — Payment PIX, Credit Card and Debit 1K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #4 ↓1 6 too high 11 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too low 12 Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79) wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too low 13 Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69) wp.org #11 ↑2 2 too high 14 ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ · 3.1★ (938) wp.org #23 ↓5 9 too low 15 Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 CIELO API PIX, credit card, debit payment for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 10 too high 17 WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 Backend Payments for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #24 ↓2 6 too low 19 PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.6★ (50) wp.org #22 ↓1 3 too low 20 PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too high 23 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Bayarcash WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.