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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “digital wallet”

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 “digital wallet”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 7 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

Wallet Up – Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle & QR Code Payments shows at wp.org #7 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 200+ 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

Subscriptions for WooCommerce places #11 on merit, 4.5★ from 180 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 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #1 2 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4823) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred 10K+ · 4.6★ (471) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (580) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Wallet System for WooCommerce – Digital Wallet, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Instant Cashback, Referral program, Partial & Subscription Payments 2K+ · 4.9★ (64) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (234) wp.org #6 7 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (52) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ · 4.8★ (283) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store 3K+ · 4.5★ (206) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Subscriptions for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (180) wp.org #20 ↓1 9 too low 12 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Montonio for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Netcash WooCommerce Payment Gateway 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↑2 7 too low 16 Wallet Up – Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle & QR Code Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 9 too high 17 CubeWP Wallet 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 CommerceBird – Wallet Pass for Tickera 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 GlobalPayments Gateway Provider for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 KOMOJU Payments 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Viva.com | Smart Checkout for WooCommerce 6K+ · 2.3★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 iyzico for WooCommerce 10K+ · 1.7★ (19) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Flutterwave Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑2 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.