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

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 “eway”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 2 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

Eway Payments for Woo shows at wp.org #1 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP EasyCart: Shopping Cart and eCommerce Store places #9 on merit, 4.5★ from 206 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too low 2 Gravity Forms Eway 500+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #2 3 Sprout Invoices – Client Invoicing & Estimates 1K+ · 4.4★ (191) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Eway Payment Gateway 800+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Payment forms, Buy now buttons, and Invoicing System | GetPaid 5K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Backend Payments for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too high 8 Eway Payments for Woo 3K+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #1 7 too high 9 WP EasyCart: Shopping Cart and eCommerce Store 3K+ · 4.5★ (206) wp.org #17 ↓1 8 too low 10 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams 10+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 Knit Pay Pro – Mercado Pago, CCAvenue, Easebuzz, Thawani 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 PayLexer – Payment Integration Solution for WordPress (Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, and more) 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 S Stripe Gateway for Events Manager Pro 60+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #20 ↓1 7 too low 14 Payments with Eway for Paid Memberships Pro — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Inspect Gravity Forms 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 eWay-CRM Extension for Contact Form 7 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 YeeSubscriptions – WooCommerce Subscriptions & Recurring Payments 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 OptiCache 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Branching Software Order Fraud Protection for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 S Site Cookie Setting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 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.