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

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 “mpesa”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 3 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

KopoKopo Lipa Na Mpesa shows at wp.org #10 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Gateway – Mpesa for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 2 M-Pesa(Kenya) Checkout for Woocommerce 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Paytalk Lipa Na Mpesa 30+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Flutterwave Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 TK Paybill and Till Checkout for M-Pesa 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 e2payments-wp Payment for Woocommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 too low 7 Payment Gateway – Paysuite for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Finachub Mobile Money Checkout for WooCommerce (M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN) 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9 Payment Gateway for M-PESA Open API on WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too low 10 Marupurupu Checkout for M-Pesa — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 B BizPay Lipa na Mpesa for Woocommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too low 12 Kopo Kopo for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 AlkaPay Payment Gateway with M-Pesa for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑5 1 too low 14 Lipad Checkout — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 Jenga Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 Paynecta Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 PayNexus Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 OzuPay Payment Gateway for M-Pesa — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 Fosia Pay Lite – PawaPay Mobile Money for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Payyed Gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 Opskill Ecommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Shipshap 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Giftshop Airtime — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 KopoKopo Lipa Na Mpesa 20+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #10 14 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.