wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mobile pay”

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 “mobile pay”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Autopay dla WooCommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 708 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #1 2

WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) low rating, top placement wp.org #2 3

Post Pay Counter 1K+ · 4.8★ (46) wp.org #3 ↑1 4

Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too low 5

Order On Mobile for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (66) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6

Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) thin reviews wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7

WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) low rating, top placement wp.org #5 ↑6 2 too high 8

Pronamic Pay 2K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too low 9

WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #7 2 too high 10

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #20 10 too low 11

Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) thin reviews wp.org #9 ↑4 2 too high 12

Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #19 7 too low 13

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too low 14

WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation Form Builder for Square 1K+ · 3.8★ (42) wp.org #14 15

Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #21 6 too low 16

Amazon Pay for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.5★ (27) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17

Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) thin reviews wp.org #23 6 too low 18

Autopay dla WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #8 ↓2 10 too high 19

WC Solana Pay 90+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20

Nexi XPay 7K+ · 3.0★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓3 8 too high 21

Frisbii Pay 1K+ · 3.1★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #22 1 too low 22

Sifalo Pay 60+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too high 23

All QR Pay for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #16 ↑1 7 too high 24

Flying Pay 50+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓1

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.