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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “invoice 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 “invoice gateway”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Germanized for WooCommerce places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 496 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Invoice Gateway for WooCommerce – Invoice Payment Gateway 2K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #1 2 Invoice Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #2 3 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #3 4 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #4 5 Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation 30K+ · 4.3★ (152) wp.org #9 ↓2 4 too low 6 Sliced Invoices – WordPress Invoice Plugin 4K+ · 4.6★ (117) wp.org #6 7 Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (87) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #17 ↓3 9 too low 9 Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 Easy Invoice – Invoice Generator, PDF Quotes & Payments 600+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools 30K+ · 4.6★ (535) wp.org #19 ↓9 7 too low 13 Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too low 14 Jim Soft Swiss QR Invoice 500+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too low 15 B2B Invoice Payment Method for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 Advance Bank Payment Transfer Gateway 1K+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #20 ↑2 4 too low 17 Eway Payment Gateway 800+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑6 7 too high 20 Morning for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑8 7 too high 21 SUMIT Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 Pelecard Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↑2 23 Link Invoice Payment for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 Yesh Invoice – WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓4

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.