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

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 “paymentmethods”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 18.

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

ATOL ECOM Payment Plugin for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Leaky Paywall 600+ · 4.2★ (35) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too low 2 Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products 100+ · 4.6★ (37) wp.org #9 6 too low 4 SecureHold Security Deposit Holds with Stripe for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 WebHosting4U Secure Card Gateway for ePay Paycenter (Piraeus Bank) 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 StellarPay – Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Besteron Payment Gateway 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Payop Official 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 CleverMyPage 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too low 10 AcquirerOS Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too low 11 I ICEPAY WordPress WooCommerce Online Payment plugin 30+ · 2.7★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓3 6 too low 12 Walley Checkout for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓5 13 PAY.JP for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Gradia POS – Modern Point of Sale for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓4 1 too low 15 Schedopia – Appointment Booking, Events & Seat Reservations — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓4 1 too high 16 E EduAdmin – Klarna Checkout WordPress-plugin — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓3 17 I ICEPAY WP e-Commerce Online Payment plugin 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓3 1 too low 18 ATOL ECOM Payment Plugin for WooCommerce 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #8 10 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.