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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “payment receipt”

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 “payment receipt”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Razorpay Payment Button Plugin shows at wp.org #7 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 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 #8 on merit, 5.0★ from 259 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #1 2 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (592) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #2 ↑4 1 too high 4 PeproDev Receipt Uploader for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too low 6 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #12 ↓3 6 too low 7 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #10 ↑2 3 too low 8 Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (259) wp.org #22 14 too low 9 Accept Stripe Payments 20K+ · 4.1★ (114) wp.org #14 ↓4 5 too low 10 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #21 ↓1 11 too low 11 Payment Button for PayPal 4K+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #11 ↓4 12 Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) 10K+ · 4.9★ (219) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too low 15 Better Payment – Instant Payments, Donations, Fundraising with Subscriptions & More 5K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #23 ↓9 7 too low 17 Ainbae Receipt Upload for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↓1 13 too high 18 Advance Bank Payment Transfer Gateway 1K+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #9 ↑2 9 too high 19 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #19 ↑2 20 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Razorpay Payment Button Plugin 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↑1 14 too high 22 SUMIT Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too high 23 SmartQR Payment Gateway for BanglaQR 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑2 8 too high 24 Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.