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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wechat payment gateway”

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 “wechat payment gateway”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Airwallex Online Payments Gateway shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 8K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.1★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 100 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 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (149) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (591) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too low 7 Payment Page – Stripe Payment Forms for Donations, Subscriptions & Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #20 ↑1 12 too low 9 Buckaroo Payments for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 Wenprise WeChatPay Payment Gateway For WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Payment Plugins for Stripe Elementor – by Pay Addons 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too low 12 Payment Gateway for WooCommerce with Stripe – by Pay Addons 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too high 13 emerchantpay Gateway Module for WooCommerce 50+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Novalnet Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 Omise Payments 2K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 ↑1 7 too high 17 Express Payment For Stripe 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 8K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #7 ↑1 11 too high 19 Yedpay for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too high 20 P payabl. Payments Gateway 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 too low 21 Bayarcash WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑2 3 too high 22 Rampex.io Payment Gateway 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 All QR Pay for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 ABA PayWay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 1.3★ (4) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.