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

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 “tokenization”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

GlobalPayments Gateway Provider for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 87 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Gateway for Authorize.net for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 MONEI Payments for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (45) wp.org #9 7 too low 3 Rede Itaú for WooCommerce — Payment PIX, Credit Card and Debit 1K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (87) wp.org #19 15 too low 5 Paytrail for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Pelecard Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 Flutterwave WooCommerce 2K+ · 2.5★ (11) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 Sublium Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce – Recurring Payments, Subscription Plans & Installments 700+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #22 ↑1 13 too low 10 Payment gateway: accept.blue for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #10 ↑5 11 Pledged Plugins PCI Gateway for NMI and WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Monri Payments 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 9 too high 13 XL NMI Gateway for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.8★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Global Payments SecureSubmit Gateway 500+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too low 15 CIELO API PIX, credit card, debit payment for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 Paymob for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 Ecommerce Fabrick 1K+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓3 6 too low 18 Tilopay 2K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 NMI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 Sola Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 9 too high 21 Ozow Gateway for WooCommerce 900+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 NMI for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Mastercard Merchant Cloud 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 GlobalPayments Gateway Provider for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 10 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.