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

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 “bgn”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 2 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

BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 AboveWP Bulgarian Eurozone 2K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Prices in BGN and EUR & Bulk Converter 90+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Dual Currency Display 500+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 myPOS Checkout 4K+ · 3.3★ (16) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Euro FxRef Currency Converter (by DKZR) 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce 7K+ · 3.2★ (45) wp.org #17 ↑1 10 too low 8 Better Payment – Instant Payments, Donations, Fundraising with Subscriptions & More 5K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #18 ↑2 10 too low 9 Exchange Rates 800+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #21 12 too low 10 Easy Stripe Payments & Donations 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #24 ↓1 14 too low 11 SUMIT Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↑3 5 too low 12 SamedayCourier Shipping 4K+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #15 ↑2 3 too low 13 PlugForge Transliteration Standards — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too high 14 Sendaro — Couriers for online stores — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑2 4 too high 15 Payout payment gateway 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 7 too high 16 JaJa Payment Gateway For WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 ShopBoost – WooCommerce Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too high 18 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 40+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↑1 11 too high 19 P Paypercut BNPL for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑2 6 too high 20 ICDSoft Reseller Store 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑2 21 Crypto2BGN — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑2 1 too low 22 Integration for Elementor forms – Mollie 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too high 23 BORICA Payments by BORICA AD 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑2 9 too high 24 Exito Product Bundle — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.