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

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 “coingecko”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 3 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 #10 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 6 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 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #1 2 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack 600+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #6 7 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 MarqueeAll – Elementor Marquee for Image, Text, Post Grid, Testimonial, Cryptocurrency, Faqs & News Ticker 🌀 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Corexa crypto payment 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 AvoPay Bitcoin for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Crypto Wallet Payment for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 ShieldClimb – Crypto Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Ultimate Crypto Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Easy Dogecoin Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Gutenberg Block Toolkit – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓3 2 too low 16 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 40+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 BTC Checkout — Bitcoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 Nodewatch Monero Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Live Crypto Prices 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 Shadow Software Crypto for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Swift Currency – Multi-Currency Switcher for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 MoxKit Addons for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 DaazMarkets — Global Market Prices 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 VERIFIED Crypto Checkout – Card to USDC WooCommerce Payment Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.