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

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 “kenya”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 M-Pesa(Kenya) Checkout for Woocommerce 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Seers AI | Cookie Consent Banner – GDPR & CCPA Compliant Consent Management Platform 1K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 Give – Paystack Gateway 1K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 All QR Pay for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Finachub Mobile Money Checkout for WooCommerce (M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN) 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 PayLexer – Payment Integration Solution for WordPress (Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, and more) 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Flutterwave Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 TK Paybill and Till Checkout for M-Pesa 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑3 1 too high 12 SeerBit Payment Gateway plugin for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Interswitch Payment Gateway Woocommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 AfriRegions City & Neighborhood for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Paynecta Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 AlkaPay Payment Gateway with M-Pesa for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Bani Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 L LDM Lightbox for Gallery and Image Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Lexiscript Consent & Privacy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Lipad Checkout — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Get Mortgage — By Rehani — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 PayNexus Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 GatewayKit – Simple Payment Form, Donation & Checkout — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 12 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.