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

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 “mbway”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 7 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

Feed KuantoKusta for WooCommerce – Free shows at wp.org #11 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce places #4 on merit, 4.8★ from 303 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Portugal States (Distritos) for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #1 2 WPFunnels – Funnel Builder for WooCommerce with Checkout & One Click Upsell 5K+ · 4.9★ (175) wp.org #8 6 too low 3 NIF (Num. de Contribuinte Português) for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #18 ↓1 14 too low 5 Multibanco / MB Way / Payshop (by LUSOPAY) for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Invoicing with InvoiceXpress for WooCommerce – Free 100+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Checkout.com Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #20 ↑1 12 too low 9 Portugal DPD Pickup and Lockers network for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 E-goi SMS Orders Alert/Notifications 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 easypay Gateway Checkout for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 8 too high 12 Showcase Payment Options (icons) 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 Payshop Online Payments 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 Skrill – WooCommerce 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 PayPay – Pagamentos MULTIBANCO, Cartão de Crédito/Débito e MB WAY 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 ifthenpay | Payments for SureCart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 ifthenpay | Payments for FluentForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 S Solidgate Card Payments and Other for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 ifthenpay | Payments for Ninja Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Feed KuantoKusta for WooCommerce – Free 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 ifthenpay | Payments for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 pensopay Payments v2 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22

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.