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

Payment Gateway for PhonePe and for Woocommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 800+ 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

The Events Calendar places #6 on merit, 4.2★ from 2461 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Wallet System for WooCommerce – Digital Wallet, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Instant Cashback, Referral program, Partial & Subscription Payments 1K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #1 2 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (236) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #14 ↑1 8 too low 7 SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ · 4.8★ (289) wp.org #12 ↑2 5 too low 8 WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation Form Builder for Square 1K+ · 3.8★ (42) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9 Easy Appointment Booking & Scheduling Plugin – Webba Booking Calendar 2K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred 10K+ · 4.6★ (472) wp.org #17 ↓13 7 too low 11 Subscriptions for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (180) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Wallet Up – Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle & QR Code Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 11 too high 14 BTCPay Server – Accept Bitcoin payments in WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 Bitcoin Payments – Blockonomics 2K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 Generate Child Theme 9K+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↑5 11 too high 19 Wallet Ready Gift Cards for WooCommerce by GiftRocketWP 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Payment Gateway for PhonePe and for Woocommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 CommerceBird – Wallet Pass for Tickera 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 6 too high 22 Payment Gateway for Razorpay and for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 RelyWP: Simple Store Credit – Wallet System for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Flutterwave Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.