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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “russian ruble”

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 “russian ruble”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 40+ 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.

Buried gem

Simple Shopping Cart places #5 on merit, 4.6★ from 215 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 S Saphali Woocommerce Lite 10K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #1 2 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #2 ↑4 3 Donations via PayPal 20K+ · 4.7★ (27) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ · 4.6★ (215) wp.org #20 15 too low 6 YML for Yandex Market 10K+ · 4.8★ (72) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 Donation Block For PayPal 600+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #4 ↓1 3 too high 8 S Seamless Donations is Sunset 2K+ · 4.1★ (70) wp.org #21 13 too low 9 Donate Me 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Easy Stripe Payments & Donations 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 Exchange Rates 800+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Accept Cryptocurrencies with Plisio 1K+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #6 ↓1 6 too high 13 AURPAY Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) – Bitcoin Crypto Payment Gateway 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 KosTeams Payments for Yandex Pay and Yandex Split for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 AURPAY Paid Memberships Pro (PMP) – Bitcoin Crypto Payment Gateway 20+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 BucksBus 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too high 18 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 40+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓1 10 too high 19 Hesapis Market Data – Gold, Currency & Crypto Prices — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Accept Cryptocurrencies with Plisio for Easy Digital Downloads 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Payment Gateway for Converse Bank 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 C Currency Converter Rub 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22

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.