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

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 “binance”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

BinancePay Checkout for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.6★ 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 #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 100 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #1 2 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #4 5 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #17 ↑1 11 too low 7 Zeno Crypto Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 UddoktaPay 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too low 10 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Cryptocurrency Product for WooCommerce 20+ · 4.8★ (11) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Web3 Access 40+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too low 15 Ether and ERC20 tokens WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Vunelix Financial Widgets – Cryptocurrency, Stock Ticker & Forex 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Cryptocurrency (Token), Launchpad (Presale), ICO & IDO, Airdrop by TokenICO 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Corexa crypto payment 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Flying Pay 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 PipraPay Gateway 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 Cryptocurrency Payments & Donations with Copperx 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Wallet Login 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 BinancePay Checkout for WooCommerce 700+ · 1.6★ (7) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 40+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑3 5 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.