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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “gravity forms payment gateway”

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 “gravity forms payment gateway”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Zibal Payment Gateway for Gravity Forms shows at wp.org #2 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 300+ 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

Download Monitor places #10 on merit, 4.5★ from 525 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #1 2 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1387) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ · 4.7★ (87) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too low 7 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #16 ↑2 8 too low 9 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Download Monitor 80K+ · 4.5★ (525) wp.org #21 ↑1 11 too low 11 Eway Payment Gateway 800+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #6 ↑1 5 too high 12 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #20 ↓1 8 too low 13 Payment forms, Buy now buttons, and Invoicing System | GetPaid 5K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too low 14 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #4 ↑2 10 too high 15 Zibal Payment Gateway for Gravity Forms 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 13 too high 16 Gravity Forms Eway 500+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 WPSyncSheets For Gravity Forms – Connect Gravity Forms to Google Sheets 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↑1 10 too high 18 Milo Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce and Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Payment Gateway Currency for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for Gravity Forms 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↑1 13 too high 22 GF Windcave Free 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 P Paystation (3 Party Hosted) for Gravity forms 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↑2 1 too high 24 Flutterwave Payments 600+ · 3.5★ (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.