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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “partial payments”

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 “partial payments”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 8 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

SR Partial Payments for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 40+ 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.

Buried gem

Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 259 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Deposits & Partial Payments for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (111) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Deposits & Partial Payments for WooCommerce – Bayna 1K+ · 5.0★ (49) wp.org #3 4 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (591) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #9 ↑2 4 too low 6 PiWeb Disable payment method / Partial payment for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #18 10 too low 9 Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69) wp.org #5 ↑2 4 too high 10 Advanced Partial Payment or Deposit for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.6★ (13) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #19 ↓5 8 too low 12 Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (259) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #17 ↓4 4 too low 14 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #15 ↑8 1 too low 15 Backend Payments for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #12 ↑3 3 too high 16 Partial Shipment for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #7 ↓1 9 too high 17 Bitcoin Payments – Blockonomics 2K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #14 ↑3 3 too high 18 Wallet System for WooCommerce – Digital Wallet, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Instant Cashback, Referral program, Partial & Subscription Payments 1K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #16 ↑5 3 too high 20 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 GetPaid Stripe Payments 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑3 8 too high 22 SR Partial Payments for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑1 11 too high 23 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 6K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 PCOD – Partial COD, Payment Gateway Restrictions & Fees | for WooCommerce 100+ · 2.3★ (4) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 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.