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

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 “ifthenpay”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

ifthenpay | Payments for Ninja Forms shows at wp.org #11 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #1 2 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 BA Book Everything 10K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Portugal States (Distritos) for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #17 ↓1 13 too low 5 NIF (Num. de Contribuinte Português) for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #18 ↓1 13 too low 6 Naked Cat Logo for Livro de Reclamações Eletrónico 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 ifthenpay | Payments for SureCart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Portugal CTT Tracking for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓1 11 too low 9 ifthenpay | Payments for FluentForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 E-goi SMS Orders Alert/Notifications 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 ifthenpay | Payments for GiveWP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 ifthenpay | Payments for WPForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 4 too high 13 ifthenpay | Payments for GravityForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 ifthenpay | Payments for Formidable Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Portugal DPD Pickup and Lockers network for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 5 too low 16 ifthenpay | Payments for Ninja Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 ifthenpay | Payments for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 ifthenpay | Payments for MemberPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 ifthenpay | Payments for LatePoint — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 Payment Multibanco, MB WAY and Credit card for FluentCart via ifthenpay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 4 too high 21 Feed KuantoKusta for WooCommerce – Free 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1

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.