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

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 “mosque”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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 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

Growfund – Ultimate Donation & Crowdfunding Solution shows at wp.org #15 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #1 2 Daily Prayer Time 1K+ · 4.9★ (96) wp.org #2 3 WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings 60K+ · 4.3★ (122) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Muslim Prayer Times 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Easy Map – Store Locator, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 MasjidHub – Prayer Times & Mosque Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑1 7 CharityGlow — Donations & Fundraising 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 Quran in Text and Audio 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9 MasjidOS — Mosque Management Plugin for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Salah Time Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 Salah World – Prayer and iQamah Timings for Masjids 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Ramadan Calendar Bangladesh 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 Muslims Bright Organization — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 14 WAQTUNA Prayer Times — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 15 Five Prayer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16 Din – Muslim Prayer Timetable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Smart Masjid Prayer Timings — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Schema Markup Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 19 ICOUK Hijri Month — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 I Islamic Daily Content — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 ICOUK Hijri Date — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Ramadan 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 23 AI Schema Gen – AI Readiness Score, Schema Markup & Structured Data for AI Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Growfund – Ultimate Donation & Crowdfunding Solution 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑3 9 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.