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

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 “promptpay”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 19. 3 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.

Ranked above its merit

PixelcraftDev Confirm Payment for Woocommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 40+ 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

Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce places #2 on merit, 4.8★ from 303 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #1 2 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #11 9 too low 3 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud 2K+ · 3.7★ (21) wp.org #14 10 too low 5 Payment Plugins for Stripe Elementor – by Pay Addons 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 PromptPay for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Bayarcash WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 Easy Stripe Payments & Donations 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 9 too low 9 Omise Payments 2K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 PixelcraftDev Confirm Payment for Woocommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 StorePlus Manual QR Gateway with PromptPay for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Money Space 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 6 too high 13 PromptPay 100+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Rabbit Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Bayarcash GiveWP 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Bayarcash for FluentCart 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 Bayarcash For Easy Digital Downloads — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 BookingKUB — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 DigiPay Payment Gateway 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19

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.