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

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 reminder”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 6 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

Ni Payment Reminder For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #3 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.9★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly places #11 on merit, 4.4★ from 586 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #1 2 Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (149) wp.org #2 3 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia 90K+ · 4.6★ (793) wp.org #9 ↑2 5 too low 5 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #14 ↓5 9 too low 6 SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ · 4.8★ (288) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too low 7 Deposits & Partial Payments for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (111) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Place Order Without Payment for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Timetics – Appointment Booking Calendar & Scheduling 2K+ · 4.6★ (36) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Advanced Partial Payment or Deposit for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.6★ (13) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly 60K+ · 4.4★ (586) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress 100K+ · 4.9★ (106) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Deposits & Partial Payments for WooCommerce – Bayna 1K+ · 5.0★ (49) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (625) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Payment Page – Stripe Payment Forms for Donations, Subscriptions & Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Sliced Invoices – WordPress Invoice Plugin 4K+ · 4.6★ (117) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 N Ni Payment Reminder For WooCommerce 100+ · 2.9★ (7) wp.org #3 15 too high 19 Razorpay Payment Links for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Crypto Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑1 14 too high 21 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑1 10 too high 22 Direct Invoices – Invoicing & Payment Requests for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Coreem – Coupon Reminder for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan 200+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.