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

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 “opayo”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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.

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Ranked above its merit

SagePay Form Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Events Made Easy 1K+ · 4.6★ (111) wp.org #1 2 Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 4K+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 500+ · 3.6★ (26) wp.org #8 5 too low 4 Track Geolocation Of Users Using Contact Form 7 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Accept Authorize.NET Payments Using Contact Form 7 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #11 ↑2 6 too low 6 Accept Stripe Payments Using Contact Form 7 100+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #15 9 too low 7 Embed Videos For Product Image Gallery Using WooCommerce 300+ · 2.8★ (21) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 PatSaTECH's Opayo Direct Gateway for WooCommerce 50+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 Push Notifications For Web 10+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Opayo Form Payment Gateway for Gravity Forms 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Customer who viewed this item also viewed using Woocommerce 50+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 PatSaTECH's Opayo Server Gateway for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 User Registration Using Contact Form 7 400+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Opayo Direct Gateway for Gravity Forms 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 2 too high 15 Accept Elavon Payments using Contact Form 7 20+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 Smart Showcase for Google Reviews 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Video Lightbox For Guten Blocks 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Repeater Entries Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Thenameda Form Payments with SagePay for WPForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Grid Masonry for Guten blocks 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Accept SagePay Payments Using Contact Form 7 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Media Carousel for Guten Blocks 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Accept 2Checkout Payments Using Contact Form 7 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 S SagePay Form Gateway for WooCommerce 90+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓1 11 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.