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

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 “btcpay”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 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.

Buried gem

Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 100 reviews, but shows at wp.org #6. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 BTCPay Server – Accept Bitcoin payments in WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #1 2 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too low 3 Quill Forms | Conversational Multi Step Forms, Surveys & quizzes 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #3 4 PeachPay — Payments & Express Checkout for WooCommerce (supports Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.net, NMI) 300+ · 4.2★ (33) wp.org #4 5 Bitcoin payment for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Coinsnap Bitcoin Donation 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress 80+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #16 9 too low 8 BTCPay for GiveWP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Bitcoin and Lightning Payments for FluentCart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 BareBits – Lightning Payments via Bitcoin — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 SATFLUX for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 GDC Crypto Payments for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Coinsnap Comment Payments with Bitcoin — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 Bitcoin payment for WPForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Bitcoin payment for GiveWP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 Bitcoin payment for Gravity Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 Bitcoin payment for Ninja Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Bitcoin Payment for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Bitcoin payments for GetPaid — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 Bitcoin payment for Paid Memberships Pro — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Bitcoin payment for Easy Digital Downloads — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 Coinsnap Bitcoin Voting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Bitcoin Invoice Form — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 PayCrypto.Me for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.