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

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 “wp pay”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 6 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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

Autopay dla WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 2143 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Store Locator 40K+ · 4.8★ (312) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Pay for Payment for WooCommerce – Payment Gateway Fees & Discounts 10K+ · 4.7★ (71) wp.org #5 ↑3 2 too low 4 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #2 ↑3 2 too high 5 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #7 ↑3 2 too low 6 WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software 20K+ · 4.9★ (594) wp.org #9 ↑3 3 too low 7 WP-PostRatings 20K+ · 4.4★ (178) wp.org #10 ↓4 3 too low 8 WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP 20K+ · 4.5★ (102) wp.org #11 ↑2 3 too low 9 Post Pay Counter 1K+ · 4.8★ (46) wp.org #6 ↑3 3 too high 10 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #21 ↓3 11 too low 11 WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation Form Builder for Square 1K+ · 3.8★ (42) wp.org #8 ↑3 3 too high 12 Pay For Post with WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (53) wp.org #12 ↑3 13 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #22 ↓8 9 too low 14 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #19 ↑5 5 too low 15 Pronamic Pay 2K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #16 ↑3 1 too low 16 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #13 ↑3 3 too high 17 WP Review Slider 6K+ · 4.8★ (181) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too low 18 WP Webhooks – Automate repetitive tasks by creating powerful automation workflows directly within WordPress 20K+ · 4.7★ (55) wp.org #23 ↓1 5 too low 19 WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory 10K+ · 4.7★ (350) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Autopay dla WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #4 16 too high 21 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for Gravity Forms 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 ONVO Pay 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Bob Pay 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑5 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.