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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “p2p”

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 “p2p”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 3 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

Bitcoin payment for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 60+ 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 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #1 2 BTCPay Server – Accept Bitcoin payments in WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #2 3 Direct Invoices – Invoicing & Payment Requests for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 4 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WordPress & WooCommerce by CryptoPay 70+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 MB Relationships 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams 10+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 2Way VideoCalls and Random Chat – HTML5 Webcam Videochat 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 SVG Editor: Upload & Change Colors 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Direct Payments WP – Receive Payments with Forms 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 P2PForge – Programmatic SEO, AI Bulk Page Generator for WordPress — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Digages Role Manager – User Roles & Permissions 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 APL – Auto-Pickup Locations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 VN Speed Optimizer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Hi5 Backup – Migration, Restore & Clone — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Activator Toolkit for SOTA & POTA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 SMS8 – SMS Gateway for WooCommerce, Order Notifications, OTP Login & 2FA via Android 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Worten Conector – Tracking for Orders 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Bitcoin payment for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 Engraver – Personalize and Customize WooCommerce Products — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Friend Product Links for woocommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 OrderBuster — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 BconGlobal – Crypto Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Digages Website Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Bookable Schedule Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.