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

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 “kyc”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway shows at wp.org #12 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 9 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 UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #1 2 Wallet System for WooCommerce – Digital Wallet, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Instant Cashback, Referral program, Partial & Subscription Payments 1K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 BTCPay Server – Accept Bitcoin payments in WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #4 5 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 Crypto Payment Gateway with Instant Payouts 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 Identity Verification for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Zeno Crypto Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Age Verification & Identity Verification by Token of Trust 30+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #17 ↓4 6 too low 12 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 Advanced Age Verification Popup 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 CoinGate for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.5★ (17) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 Payment Gateway for MTN MoMo on WooCommerce 200+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Shufti | Identity Verification Service 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑3 8 too high 17 Multi CryptoCurrency Payments 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 ePayVista Payments: High-Risk Crypto and Card Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 Card2Crypto — No-KYC Crypto Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 King SMTP – Email Log & Delivery 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓5 2 too low 21 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 T The Goldens Cards KYC Gate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 VelozaPay — Crypto Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Direct Payments WP – Receive Payments with Forms 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.