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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “web3”

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 “web3”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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 #8 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 8 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.

Buried gem

Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots places #1 on merit, 4.8★ from 142 reviews, but shows at wp.org #6. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #6 5 too low 2 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #7 ↑2 5 too low 3 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Web3 Access 40+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 EthPress – Web3 Login 90+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too low 9 CardanoPress – Cardano Blockchain Integration for WordPress 40+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Web3Press – Migrating to 3ook.com Decentralized Bookstore 300+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #10 ↓3 11 Web3 – Crypto wallet Login & NFT token gating 100+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #12 13 WPSmartContracts 100+ · 3.9★ (29) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too low 14 Cryptocurrency Price Widget 200+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 NFT Marketplace and Loyalty Rewards 20+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑12 8 too high 17 A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 ESM Web3 Social Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 19 Crypto Wallet Payment for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WordPress 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 EthereumICO 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #21 22 Sign-in With Solana 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Zeno Crypto Checkout for Easy Digital Downloads — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Wallet Login 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓3 5 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.