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

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 “prepaid”, we and wp.org disagree 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

Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Australia Post WooCommerce Extension 3K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 PayU GPO Payment for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 SEO Booster 800+ · 4.8★ (54) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 Sender – Newsletter, SMS and Email Marketing Automation for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (83) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Easyship WooCommerce Shipping Rates 2K+ · 4.2★ (54) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 StockPack – Stock photos and AI images from Unsplash, Adobe Stock, Freepik and more 7K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too low 7 Openpay AR Payment Gateway 200+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #4 ↓1 3 too high 8 Shiprocket 10K+ · 2.7★ (20) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too low 9 Easy Invoice – Invoice Generator, PDF Quotes & Payments 600+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #14 ↓2 5 too low 10 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑12 7 too high 11 WANotifier for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 ↓3 6 too low 12 CodeCareBD – Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 13 Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too high 14 Abandoned Checkout Recovery & Order Notifications for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 eShopLogistic Shipping Calculator 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 iLoveIMG 100+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 too low 17 Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 8 too high 18 Baxtersweb Credit Packs – Prepaid Credits for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 3 too high 19 AI Sales Agent & Chatbot for WooCommerce – WPCreatix 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 6 too high 20 Msg91 for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 WPiko AI Chatbot – ChatGPT Assistant & Customer Support 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too high 22 Gyta Buyback | WooCommerce Product Trade-In and Buy Back System 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 SmobilPay for e-commerce – Mobile Money Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 GemBooking – Appointment Booking, Booking Calendar & Reservations 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.