wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “delivery gateway”

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

Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 1K+ 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

Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce places #8 on merit, 4.5★ from 355 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 signals wp.org

Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #1 2

WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #2 3

Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #3 4

FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #5 1 too low 5

Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #4 1 too high 6

Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #6 ↑2 7

Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #16 ↓1 9 too low 8

Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #20 12 too low 9

Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce 7K+ · 3.2★ (45) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10

Smart COD for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.6★ (52) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too low 11

Pay for Payment for WooCommerce – Payment Gateway Fees & Discounts 10K+ · 4.7★ (71) wp.org #18 7 too low 12

Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite 1K+ · 4.1★ (13) thin reviews wp.org #9 3 too high 13

Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #21 8 too low 14

Paysera Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 7K+ · 2.9★ (16) thin reviews wp.org #11 3 too high 15

MyD Delivery 100+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #8 ↓1 7 too high 16

Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) thin reviews wp.org #13 3 too high 17

Frenet Shipping Gateway for WooCommerce – Correios, Etiquetas e Rastreio 4K+ · 3.9★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #12 5 too high 18

Payment Gateways by User Roles for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #17 1 too high 19

Payment Gateway Currency for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.5★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20

CodeCareBD – Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #14 6 too high 21 N Ni WooCommerce Payment Gateway Charges 100+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22

FunnelKit Payment Gateway with PayPal for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #19 3 too high 23

Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #10 13 too high 24

PlanetStudio Payment Gateway 80+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews 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.