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

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 “sagepay”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 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.

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Ranked above its merit

SagePay Form Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Contact Form Email places #6 on merit, 4.3★ from 102 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Autocomplete WooCommerce Orders 30K+ · 4.6★ (137) wp.org #1 2 Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (524) wp.org #2 3 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #3 4 WP Time Slots Booking Form 1K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 4K+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Contact Form Email 8K+ · 4.3★ (102) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too low 7 Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 500+ · 3.6★ (26) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Track Geolocation Of Users Using Contact Form 7 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Accept Stripe Payments Using Contact Form 7 100+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 Accept Authorize.NET Payments Using Contact Form 7 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #13 ↑1 3 too low 11 Embed Videos For Product Image Gallery Using WooCommerce 300+ · 2.8★ (21) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Push Notifications For Web 10+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 too low 13 Customer who viewed this item also viewed using Woocommerce 50+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Accept SagePay Payments Using Contact Form 7 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 User Registration Using Contact Form 7 400+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Accept Elavon Payments using Contact Form 7 20+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Thenameda Form Payments with SagePay for WPForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 Smart Showcase for Google Reviews 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 Opayo Form Payment Gateway for Gravity Forms 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Video Lightbox For Guten Blocks 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Grid Masonry for Guten blocks 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 22 PatSaTECH's Opayo Direct Gateway for WooCommerce 50+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too high 23 Media Carousel for Guten Blocks 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 S SagePay Form Gateway for WooCommerce 90+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓1 18 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.