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

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 “grabpay”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content places #4 on merit, 3.1★ from 938 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (591) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #2 3 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ · 3.1★ (938) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too low 5 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #14 9 too low 6 Payments via PayMongo for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 HitPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Payment Plugins for Stripe Elementor – by Pay Addons 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Payment Gateway for WooCommerce with Stripe – by Pay Addons 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Bayarcash WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Express Payment For Stripe 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 8K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 PayMongo Hosted Checkout for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 QR Code Payment with USSD Mobile Banking Payment 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 CHIP for FluentCart 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 CHIP for Gravity Forms 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 UQPAY Payment Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Luminarix Payment Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 VeritasPay Hosted Checkout Payment for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #15 9 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.