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

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 “islamic”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Islamic Content Archive shows at wp.org #14 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ 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 Event Organiser 20K+ · 4.6★ (140) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Daily Prayer Time 1K+ · 4.9★ (96) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Xllentech English Islamic Calendar 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Muslim Prayer Time BD – Prayer Reminder for Bangladesh 200+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 Muslim Prayer Time-Salah/Iqamah 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 6 Muslim Prayer Times 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 X Xllentech Upcoming Events 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Zesyn Islamic Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Islamic Books by EDC 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Quran in Text and Audio 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 CharityGlow — Donations & Fundraising 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 8 too low 12 I Islamic Daily Content — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Intl DateTime Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Admin Toolbar Live Clock 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 JetPrayer – Islamic Prayer Times — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Salah Time Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Din – Muslim Prayer Timetable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too low 18 Islamic Content Archive 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 S SmartMoney77 Financial Calculators 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑3 1 too low 20 Five Prayer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Sudan Online Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Ramadan Calendar Bangladesh 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Quran Verse Inserter 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓4 24 Intelligent Glossary Engine — · 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.