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

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 checkout”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Zeno Crypto Checkout for Easy Digital Downloads shows at wp.org #12 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its — 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 #5. 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 #5 4 too low 2 Web3 Access 40+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (12) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 EthPress – Web3 Login 90+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Pay With MetaMask For WooCommerce – Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Easy Stripe Payments & Donations 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 Unuspay Crypto Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Card2Crypto Global Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 Ether and ERC20 tokens WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 NFT Marketplace and Loyalty Rewards 20+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 VERIFIED Crypto Checkout – Card to USDC WooCommerce Payment Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Web3 Crypto Payments by DePay for WordPress 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Payra Cash Crypto Payment — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 A-Pay Web3 AI Paywall — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Zeno Crypto Checkout for Easy Digital Downloads — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 Crypto Wallet Payment for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 Layer Crypto Checkout – Crypto Payments for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Pryma Multi-Gateways for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Trybit – Crypto Payment Gateway 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 XPayr Crypto Gateway for WooCommerce — · 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.