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

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 “ether”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 2 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

AsiaBill Payment Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #17 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #1 2 WP Offload SES Lite 10K+ · 4.3★ (36) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Ether and ERC20 tokens WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Cryptocurrency Product for WooCommerce 20+ · 4.8★ (11) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 BitPay Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.4★ (7) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Ethereum Wallet 10+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 WPSmartContracts 100+ · 3.9★ (29) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Crypto.com Pay Checkout for WooCommerce 300+ · 3.8★ (8) wp.org #9 10 Unuspay Crypto Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 11 EthereumICO 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Animation Kit – Animated Backgrounds & WebGL Effects 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 Shadow Software Crypto for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 NanoTrans Agent Paywall — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 UniVoucher For WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 CryptoStack Donations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Heavenkey – Digital Will Web3 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 MoneyCollect Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Cryptocurrency Donation Widget – Accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more – Bytemart.org 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Bransfer Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 jhe-ignitiondeck-widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Ether Mailer WordPress Plugin 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 AsiaBill Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 CD Nutritional Facts 10+ · 1.0★ (1) 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.