wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “debit order”
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 order”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 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
Subscriptions for WooCommerce places #10 on merit, 4.5★ from 180 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) low rating, top placement
wp.org #1 2 
Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (127)
wp.org #3 1 too low 3 
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) low rating, top placement
wp.org #2 1 too high 4 
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144)
wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 
Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496)
wp.org #9 4 too low 6 
Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188)
wp.org #8 2 too low 7 
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) low rating, top placement
wp.org #4 ↑2 3 too high 8 
FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53)
wp.org #10 2 too low 9 
Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73)
wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Subscriptions for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (180)
wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too low 11 
Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79)
wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too low 12 
Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117)
wp.org #17 5 too low 13 
Rede Itaú for WooCommerce — Payment PIX, Credit Card and Debit 1K+ · 4.3★ (9) thin reviews
wp.org #5 ↓1 8 too high 14 
Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69)
wp.org #12 ↑2 2 too high 15 
Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↑3 2 too high 16 
Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66)
wp.org #20 ↑1 4 too low 17 
Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ · 4.5★ (25)
wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 
Payment Button for PayPal 4K+ · 4.5★ (40)
wp.org #24 ↓5 6 too low 19 CIELO API PIX, credit card, debit payment for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.2★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #7 12 too high 20 
WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ · 4.4★ (23) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 
Backend Payments for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.7★ (12) thin reviews
wp.org #21 ↓1 22 
PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.6★ (50)
wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 
Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #18 5 too high 24 
CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #15 ↓2 9 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.