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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “coin table”

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 “coin table”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Gold Price Live – Gold & Silver Prices, Charts, Widgets, Melt Value Calculator shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.5★ average from 8 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 100 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #1 2 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #2 3 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #3 4 Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack 600+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #4 5 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Bitcoin Payments – Blockonomics 2K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Bitcoin and Altcoin Wallets 50+ · 4.8★ (27) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 Exchange Rates 800+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Ethereum Wallet 10+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Precious Metals Product Prices for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 LoyaltyX – Loyalty Program, Points and Rewards for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Cryptocurrency (Token), Launchpad (Presale), ICO & IDO, Airdrop by TokenICO 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too low 16 Scratch and Win 100+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 6 too low 17 Init User Engine – Gamified, Fast, Frontend-First 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Vunelix Financial Widgets – Cryptocurrency, Stock Ticker & Forex 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Gold Price Live – Gold & Silver Prices, Charts, Widgets, Melt Value Calculator 200+ · 2.5★ (8) wp.org #10 9 too high 20 EthereumICO 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Topper Pack 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 Ultimate Crypto Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Gutenberg Block Toolkit – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 EZRate Price Widgets – Live Dollar, Gold, Coin & Crypto Prices — · 0.0★ (0) 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.