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

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

PayKeeper Payment Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 100 reviews, but shows at wp.org #7. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 China Payments Plugin | Accept WeChat Pay, Alipay & UnionPay | Chinese Checkout Optimization 200+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #1 2 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 Robokassa payment gateway for Woocommerce 3K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 GoDaddy Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 Yedpay for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Moyasar 900+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too high 9 Payment Plugins for Stripe Elementor – by Pay Addons 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Cost Calculator & Cost Estimation 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Novalnet Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 8K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 AlphaPay for WeChat Pay, Alipay, UnionPay, and Credit Card（微信支付，支付宝，银联，信用卡支付） 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Dodo Payments for WooCommerce 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too low 17 Pay with PAYUNi 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 P Paystation Payment Gateway for woocommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Shopinext for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 YabandPay For WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 21 VeritasPay Hosted Checkout Payment for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Модуль приема платежей Банк ПСКБ 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 PayKeeper Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 500+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 ABA PayWay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 1.3★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 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.