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

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 “metamask”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20. 7 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

Wallet Login shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 10+ 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 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #1 2 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 EthPress – Web3 Login 90+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Zeno Crypto Checkout for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Web3 Access 40+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Kredeum NFTs, the easiest way to sell your NFTs directly on your WordPress site 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓4 6 too low 12 Ether and ERC20 tokens WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #13 ↑9 1 too low 13 Ethereum Wallet 10+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Payra Cash Crypto Payment — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too low 15 Helio Pay (Accept 1-click crypto payments #USDC #SOL #BTC #ETH) 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 Unuspay Crypto Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too low 17 EthereumICO 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑9 5 too high 18 Crypto Wallet Payment for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 4 too high 19 Wallet Login 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 9 too high 20 Crypto Checkout for Woocommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Mintage Pay for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Layer Crypto Checkout – Crypto Payments for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 3 too high 23 Primer Pay — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too high 24 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WordPress 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 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.