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

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 “nagad”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 2 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

SmartQR Payment Gateway for BanglaQR shows at wp.org #7 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Bangladeshi Payment Gateways – Make Payment Using QR Code 4K+ · 5.0★ (92) wp.org #4 ↑2 3 too low 2 CodeCareBD – Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 ↑1 1 too high 3 SoftTech-IT bKash, Rocket, Nagad 5K+ · 4.3★ (42) wp.org #6 ↓2 3 too low 4 Nagad Payment Gateway 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 ↓1 2 too high 5 UddoktaPay 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 EasyCommerce – Agentic AI Ecommerce & Online Store Builder 10+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #18 ↑1 12 too low 7 Bangladeshi Payments Mobile – MFS Gateway, QR Code, Advance COD Protection, Thermal POS Invoicing & WhatsApp Suite 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 BanglaPress – bKash, & Mobile Payment with Order Tracking & Invoice & Shipping Label Printing for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too low 9 CapiFlow – Conversions API (CAPI) Tracking for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓1 10 too low 10 CharityGlow — Donations & Fundraising 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑2 3 too low 11 Deshi Pay bKash, Rocket, Nagad 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 SmartQR Payment Gateway for BanglaQR 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 All QR Pay for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑3 5 too high 14 PipraPay Gateway 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Flying Pay 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 ZiniPay Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 Rizentechno Manual Payment Methods for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 MFS Manual Payments for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 Prantor Pay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 CodifyCore Payments — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Currency Switcher for WooCommerce – Multi Currency, Auto Rates & GeoIP 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Result Verification 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 ManiPay Manual Payment Gateway for FluentCart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 AAM Partial COD & Mobile Payment for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.