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

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 “prayers”, 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Muslim Prayer Times shows at wp.org #3 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 60+ 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 Daily Prayer Time 1K+ · 4.9★ (96) wp.org #1 2 Muslim Prayer Time BD – Prayer Reminder for Bangladesh 200+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 Muslim Prayer Time-Salah/Iqamah 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 GoPrayer 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 GoPray 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 6 A AZAN Plugin 500+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 too low 7 Bible Reading Plans 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Muslim Prayer Times 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Five Prayer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Send Your Prayers — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 PrayerPop – Chat, Prayer Requests & Testimonies — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 The Pope Video 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Intercessor 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 EzerWeb Daily Catholic Rosary Prayers — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 WAQTUNA Prayer Times — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 Islam Practice Prayer Schedule — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Din – Muslim Prayer Timetable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Smart Masjid Prayer Timings — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 JetPrayer – Islamic Prayer Times — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 MasjidHub – Prayer Times & Mosque Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 JW Prayer Times — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Prayer Times Bangla 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Adawat Tools: Prayer Times & Hijri Date – أدوات — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Koinonia Link 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.