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

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

CCAvenue Gateway Integration for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 100+ 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

پارسی دیت – Parsi Date places #9 on merit, 4.6★ from 130 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #1 2 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #2 3 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Secure Gateway for Authorize.net and WooCommerce by Pledged Plugins 10K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #17 ↑6 10 too low 8 Hyyan Integration for WooCommerce and Polylang 8K+ · 4.7★ (124) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too low 12 Invoice Gateway for WooCommerce – Invoice Payment Gateway 2K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 GTM Kit – Google Tag Manager & GA4 integration 30K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Eway Payment Gateway 800+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 too low 15 Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 I Inspire Commerce Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 Paysera Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 7K+ · 2.9★ (16) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 Peach Payments Gateway 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑3 7 too high 20 CCAvenue Gateway Integration for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 14 too high 21 SUMIT Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 GoPay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 2.6★ (10) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too high 23 Conekta Payment Gateway 2K+ · 3.5★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 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.