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

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

Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content places #10 on merit, 3.1★ from 938 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. 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 Pronamic Pay 2K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 GF Mollie by Indigo 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising 700+ · 4.8★ (43) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin 900+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6 Gift Cards (Gift Vouchers and Packages) (WooCommerce Supported) 1K+ · 4.7★ (115) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too low 8 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ · 3.1★ (938) wp.org #20 ↓1 10 too low 11 POS Entegratör – Gurmehub Ödeme Eklentisi 1K+ · 4.7★ (48) wp.org #18 ↑2 7 too low 12 W WP Immo Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #19 ↑2 6 too low 14 MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 10 too high 15 MotoPress Appointment Booking 2K+ · 4.5★ (21) wp.org #21 ↑1 6 too low 16 Payment Gateway using Mollie for Easy Digital Downloads 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑2 5 too high 17 WP2LEADS | WordPress und KlickTipp einfach verbinden – WooCommerce und KlickTipp einfach verbinden 70+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #5 13 too high 19 avalex – Automatisch sichere Rechtstexte 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 11 too high 20 wallee 400+ · 2.7★ (9) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 VG WORT METIS 1K+ · 2.6★ (14) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 10K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #14 ↑4 8 too high 23 rapidmail: Newsletter & E-Mail Marketing for WooCommerce 400+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 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.