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

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 technology”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway shows at wp.org #5 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ 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

Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation places #9 on merit, 4.3★ from 821 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 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #1 2 MONEI Payments for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (45) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ · 4.3★ (597) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 Virtuaria Payments with PagBank for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (25) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Paytm Payment Gateway 3K+ · 3.1★ (15) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 WC Shop Sync – Square Payment Gateway and Product Synchronization for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (42) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 Loan Calculator WP 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation 1M+ · 4.3★ (821) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 Flutterwave Payments 600+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #2 9 too high 12 Accept Authorize.NET Payments Using Contact Form 7 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 PlatiOnline Payments 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Amazon Pay for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.5★ (27) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 SUBRE – Product Subscription for WooCommerce – Recurring Payments 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 OxaPay Crypto Payment Gateway: Accept Bitcoin Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 12 too high 18 Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 8K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Sola Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 10 too high 21 Flitt payment gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Gift Vouchers for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Church Tithe WP 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Swedbank Pay Payment Menu 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.