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

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 “sol”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Scouting OpenID Connect shows at wp.org #8 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #1 2 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 WC Solana Pay 90+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #6 ↑2 7 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #7 ↑2 8 BotWriter – AI Writer & SEO Content Generator 1K+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too low 9 AxiaChat AI – Free AI Chatbot (Answers Customers Automatically) 500+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #16 ↑3 7 too low 10 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #14 ↑2 4 too low 11 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #9 ↑3 2 too high 12 Web3 Access 40+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #10 ↑3 2 too high 13 LATW AI Translation for WPML 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too high 14 Direct Invoices – Invoicing & Payment Requests for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑4 3 too high 15 OxaPay Crypto Payment Gateway: Accept Bitcoin Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑4 2 too low 16 Scouting OpenID Connect 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑3 8 too high 17 AI Block Editor – Add and Edit Gutenberg Blocks with an AI Assistant 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #22 ↑2 5 too low 18 Cryptocurrency (Token), Launchpad (Presale), ICO & IDO, Airdrop by TokenICO 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑2 3 too high 19 Mars Sol Date — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑2 2 too low 20 Direct Payments WP – Receive Payments with Forms 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 ANPC Display 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Eafatura Kargo & E-Arşiv ve E-Fatura Entegrasyonu 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑2 2 too high 23 Crypto 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 50+ · 3.0★ (2) 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.