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

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 “installment”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 5 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

Installment Calculator For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 20+ 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

Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 270 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #1 2 Installment Prices for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #2 3 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1071) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too low 6 Sublium Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce – Recurring Payments, Subscription Plans & Installments 700+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ · 4.8★ (288) wp.org #14 ↓1 7 too low 8 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #20 ↓2 12 too low 9 Asaas Gateway for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.2★ (23) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #12 ↑8 2 too low 11 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #21 ↓2 10 too low 12 Deposits & Partial Payments for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (111) wp.org #17 ↑5 5 too low 13 Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.5★ (15) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Alma – Pay in installments or later for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #4 10 too high 15 Rede Itaú for WooCommerce — Payment PIX, Credit Card and Debit 1K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 Subscriptions for WooCommerce with Stripe Recurring Payments 1K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too low 17 CoffeeCode – Checkout for Getnet and WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Advanced Partial Payment or Deposit for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.6★ (13) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 Installment Calculator For WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 11 too high 21 CIELO API PIX, credit card, debit payment for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓5 1 too low 22 seQura 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too high 23 Sezzle Woocommerce Payment 1K+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #16 7 too high 24 Monri Payments 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓3 5 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.