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

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 “sepa”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 7 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

MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Germanized for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 496 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 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #1 2 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #2 3 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (149) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #14 ↓4 8 too low 7 GF Mollie by Indigo 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #8 9 Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.6★ (69) wp.org #5 ↑1 4 too high 10 WSB HUB3 1K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Doneren met Mollie 4K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #11 12 Civist – Petitions and Fundraising 900+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations 2K+ · 4.5★ (64) wp.org #21 ↓1 8 too low 14 S SEPA QR-Code for Woocommerce 100+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too high 15 WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 Buckaroo Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑4 8 too high 18 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 RiskPay Gateway: USDC Payouts for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Novalnet Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Checkout.com Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 Viva.com | Smart Checkout for WooCommerce 7K+ · 2.3★ (7) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Stancer for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.