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

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 widgets”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Exchange Rates Widget shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 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

Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 142 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. 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 Pack 600+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #2 3 Crypto Converter ⚡ Widget 1K+ · 4.6★ (24) wp.org #3 4 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Crypto Price Widgets – CryptoWP 500+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #17 ↓1 8 too low 10 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Event Countdown for The Events Calendar 3K+ · 4.6★ (48) wp.org #23 ↑1 11 too low 13 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Cryptocurrency Price Widget 200+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 Currency Converter Widget ⚡ PRO 300+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #21 ↑1 5 too low 17 Essential Classy Addons for Elementor – 150+ Widgets, Templates & Performance Tools 400+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 Icon Element – Icon Pack for Elementor Page Builder (6718 icons) 40K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Exchange Rates Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 TU Crypto Widgets — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too high 21 Vunelix Financial Widgets – Cryptocurrency, Stock Ticker & Forex 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↑2 5 too high 22 Crypto 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 MarqueeAll – Elementor Marquee for Image, Text, Post Grid, Testimonial, Cryptocurrency, Faqs & News Ticker 🌀 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 ePayVista Payments: High-Risk Crypto and Card Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓4

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.