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

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

Tsapa Payment Gateway for MTN Mobile Money in Africa shows at wp.org #4 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Gateway for MTN MoMo on WooCommerce 200+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #1 2 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Direct Invoices – Invoicing & Payment Requests for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 Finachub Mobile Money Checkout for WooCommerce (M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN) 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Pay with MTN MoMo in WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #22 ↓1 16 too low 7 My-CoolPay – Payment gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 Tsapa Payment Gateway for MTN Mobile Money in Africa — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 PayLexer – Payment Integration Solution for WordPress (Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, and more) 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 SmobilPay for e-commerce – Mobile Money Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 Campay Woocommerce Payment Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 Direct Payments WP – Receive Payments with Forms 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13 Wallet Up – Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle & QR Code Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too high 14 G GeniusPay for WooCommerce 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 QR Code Payment with USSD Mobile Banking Payment 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Moolre Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 CamPay EDD Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 CamPay Shortcode Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Cash to Cash Payments for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Fosia Pay Lite – PawaPay Mobile Money for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Syrian Payment Gateways for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 CamooPay for e-Commerce – Mobile Money Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 D Devdraft – Bila Payment Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 LeutonPay – Payment processing for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.