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

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 “kyb”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 RiskPay Gateway: USDC Payouts for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 3 C Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (29) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 AllPays.co – Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 ShieldClimb – Card Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts and Chargeback Protection 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 iDenfy | Identity verification service 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Rampex.io Payment Gateway 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 CCPayment Crypto Gateway For WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 E ElyonPay for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 BoomFi Crypto Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 CoinVello for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 P Prembly Identity Checkout — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 U USDC Payments with Buyer Protection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Maksu Online Payments Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Pleenk Payment — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 GrineoPay Crypto Gateway with Instant Payouts — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 I Identitypass Verification 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 YabandPay For WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 BinancePay Checkout for WooCommerce 700+ · 1.6★ (7) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 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.