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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “instant settlement”

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 “instant settlement”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Wonderful Payments – Pay by Bank and Open Banking for Woo (UK) shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 30+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #1 2 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #8 ↓1 6 too low 3 Cashfree for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 myPOS Checkout 4K+ · 3.3★ (16) wp.org #4 5 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Paymob for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Skrill – WooCommerce 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 Online Payments with iK Pay Gateway 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 C Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (29) wp.org #21 12 too low 10 Paytm Payment Gateway 3K+ · 3.1★ (15) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too low 11 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too low 12 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑7 7 too high 13 Livees Checkout 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 WALL ID Pay By Bank 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 7 too high 15 Super Payments – WooCommerce Payment Gateway 200+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too low 16 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 Wonderful Payments – Pay by Bank and Open Banking for Woo (UK) 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 8 too high 18 BANKpay+ Instant Bank Payments for WooCommerce (EUR) 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 6 too high 19 TradeSafe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 Payment Gateway for PhonePe and for Woocommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 7 too high 21 Rampex.io Payment Gateway 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Cryptocurrency Payments & Donations with Copperx 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 Payment Gateway for Razorpay and for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 ePayVista Payments: High-Risk Crypto and Card Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 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.