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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “crypto payment gateway”

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 “crypto payment gateway”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 9 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

Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too low 2 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #3 4 Crypto Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 C Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (29) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too low 9 OxaPay Crypto Payment Gateway: Accept Bitcoin Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Zeno Crypto Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 11 Instant Approval Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 ↑1 5 too high 12 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Payid19 Crypto Payment Gateway 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 7 too high 16 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #21 ↓1 5 too low 17 RiskPay Gateway: USDC Payouts for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Corexa crypto payment 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↓4 2 too low 19 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↑3 3 too high 20 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 11 too high 21 Multi CryptoCurrency Payments 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 Coinremitter Crypto Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too high 23 RizzPay for WooCommerce: High-Risk & Crypto Payment Gateway 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 ShieldClimb – Crypto Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.