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

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 “coins”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Crypto Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts shows at wp.org #3 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons places #6 on merit, 4.7★ from 284 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. 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 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #2 3 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack 600+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Accessibility by UserWay 80K+ · 4.0★ (57) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too low 6 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #22 16 too low 7 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Bitcoin Payments – Blockonomics 2K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Crypto Price Widgets – CryptoWP 500+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too high 12 Event Countdown for The Events Calendar 3K+ · 4.6★ (48) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Crypto Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 10 too high 14 Cryptoniq 60+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 too low 15 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓1 8 too low 16 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 BitPay Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (7) wp.org #17 18 OxaPay Crypto Payment Gateway: Accept Bitcoin Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too low 19 Payid19 Crypto Payment Gateway 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 A WP Life Companion 6K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 MarqueeAll – Elementor Marquee for Image, Text, Post Grid, Testimonial, Cryptocurrency, Faqs & News Ticker 🌀 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Multi CryptoCurrency Payments 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 Init User Engine – Gamified, Fast, Frontend-First 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑5 5 too high 24 Mintpay for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 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.