Moon Phase Widget

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ delphineous

   10.8y ago

   This widget was designed to pull the moon phase data from https://dianagarland.com/wdget_moon_phase , but this URL is no longer valid. This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by delphineous.

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2. ★★★★★ Luna Oracle

   12.4y ago

   I love the look of this widget on my site. The lunar image is big and scales in size as I adjust my theme. The layout is clear and uncluttered. The image matches reality over time very nicely and you can choose whether to have a link back to the author or not. Great work Duncan.

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3. ★★★★★ mev

   12.6y ago

   Update: After posting review below, the issue was addressed (see comment); so I’ve updated my rating. Definitely a nice widget. This moon phase widget seems to pull its data from the following web site: https://dianagarland.com/wdget_moon_phase/ Unfortunately that web site says it uses the WP-Super-Cache website. As a result, if the moon phase page got generated a few days ago and then cached the widgets that use this information will also display old information on the moon phase. It is a nice widget but given primary purpose is to show moon phase; giving a rating of 2 because of the stale data.

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4. ★★★★★ Volvon

   12.6y ago

   It’s wrong, today is actually 98% moon. But the Moon phase widget says 86%.

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5. ★★★★★ wookey

   12.7y ago

   It does what it’s supposed to and adds great flair to a page.

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6. ★★★★★ DuncanMarshall

   12.7y ago

   I made it

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-08 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
2. 2026-06-04 10+ → 20+ up after 102 days in tier
3. 2026-02-22 20+ → 10+ down after 155 days in tier
4. 2025-09-20 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in tier
5. 2025-09-10 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in tier
6. 2025-08-19 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-08-17 20+ → 30+ up after 136 days in tier
8. 2025-04-03 30+ → 20+ down after 20 days in tier

Competes with

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• Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Moon Phase Widget: 10+ active installs, 3.7★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/moon-phase-widget