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

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 “bitpay”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 13. 1 plugin is 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (37) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 BitPay Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (7) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 گیت‌لند | درگاه پرداخت هوشمند گیت‌لند 5K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred 10K+ · 4.6★ (472) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too low 7 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams 10+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #8 9 FraudLabs Pro for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 MicroPayments – Fans Paysite: Paid Creator Subscriptions, Digital Assets, Wallet 10+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 emerchantpay Gateway Module for WooCommerce 50+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 Expert Bitpay Gateway For LifterLMS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 Pomelo Payment Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑3

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.