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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “accept crypto”

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 “accept crypto”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Multi CryptoCurrency Payments shows at wp.org #8 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 191 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Crypto Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Zeno Crypto Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #14 ↑1 9 too low 6 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #7 ↑3 1 too low 7 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #18 ↑2 10 too low 9 OxaPay Crypto Payment Gateway: Accept Bitcoin Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Corexa crypto payment 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Payid19 Crypto Payment Gateway 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 WC Solana Pay 90+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↑1 7 too low 14 Speed Bitcoin and Stablecoin Payments for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑2 2 too high 15 Accept Cryptocurrencies with Plisio 1K+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16 Multi CryptoCurrency Payments 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 8 too high 17 BitPay Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (7) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 5 too low 19 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↑1 3 too low 20 Coinremitter Crypto Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too high 21 ShieldClimb – Crypto Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑3 5 too high 22 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 ePayVista Payments: High-Risk Crypto and Card Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓4 2 too high 24 RizzPay for WooCommerce: High-Risk & Crypto Payment Gateway 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.