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

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 “inr”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 50+ 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 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #1 2 FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.4★ (250) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 COD Order Confirmation for India 70+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #6 7 WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional 800+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 WPSmartPay – Payment Forms, Invoices, Donations & Subscriptions 100+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #19 ↑2 11 too low 9 EMI Calculator 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Euro FxRef Currency Converter (by DKZR) 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Payment Gateway for PhonePe and for Woocommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↓1 8 too high 12 SKT Donation – Charity and Fundraising Plugin 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 AURPAY Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) – Bitcoin Crypto Payment Gateway 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too low 14 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Accept Cryptocurrencies with Plisio 1K+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 AURPAY Paid Memberships Pro (PMP) – Bitcoin Crypto Payment Gateway 20+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Payment Gateway for Razorpay and for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Subscription for WooCommerce by Flexi Subscription 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Charitable – Instamojo Payment Gateway 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Dodo Payments for WooCommerce 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Precious Metals Charts and Widgets for WordPress 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 WP RupeeFont 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 UPI Payments for WooCommerce – GPay, PhonePe, Paytm & QR Code 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too high 24 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 50+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑1 10 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.