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

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 “verve”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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 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

Payment Gateway for Monnify on WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #1 2 Nomba Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 K Kora Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Remita Woocommerce Payment Plugin 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 SeerBit Payment Gateway plugin for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Verve AI – Inventory Forecasting for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Easy WP Voting With Payment 50+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Interswitch Payment Gateway Woocommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 C CampTix Paystack Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Startbutton for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 DEED Pay for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 P PixelPay ipg — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Credo WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 X Xpresspay Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 VPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 S Swiftpay by V Payment Gateway for woocommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Remita Easy Digital Downloads Payment Plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 AtaraPay WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 JumiaPay For Woocommerce – Payment Gateway 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Bictorys Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Collect Payment Gateway Plugin for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 P Paythru Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Payment Gateway for Monnify on WooCommerce 50+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #6 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.