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

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 “mastercard”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 of the top 20. 8 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

Ziina shows at wp.org #5 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.8★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Mollie Payments for WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 3.6★ from 69 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 Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 Mastercard Merchant Cloud 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 4 too high 6 GF Mollie by Indigo 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #18 ↑3 12 too low 7 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #11 ↑11 4 too low 8 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Robokassa payment gateway for Woocommerce 3K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Buy one click for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.4★ (26) wp.org #22 ↑2 12 too low 11 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69) wp.org #17 ↓11 5 too low 13 zahls.ch Credit Cards, PostFinance and TWINT for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #16 ↓4 3 too low 14 Ziina 2K+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #5 9 too high 15 RiskPay Gateway: USDC Payouts for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↑8 8 too high 17 MakeCommerce for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too high 18 MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑1 9 too high 19 Yedpay for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑2 4 too high 20 Nexi XPay 7K+ · 3.0★ (7) wp.org #14 ↑5 6 too high 21 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑1 9 too high 22 imoje 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑3 2 too high 23 Dintero Checkout for WooCommerce Payment Methods 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑1 4 too high 24 Zapper Payments 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓6

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.