WP Moon Phase Widget
by Moon Organizer · Uncategorized
Moon phase widget for Wordpress
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+120%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “moon phase” and “zodiac” to your wp.org tags. You rank #23 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 4.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2501 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.3.27; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2501 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
-0.9
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| moonphase your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| astronomy your tag | #16 | #11 | 0 |
| moon phase | #23 | #15 | down 1 |
| zodiac | #24 | #14 | down 2 |
| astrology your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| moon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “moon phase” and “zodiac” to your wp.org tags. You rank #23 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “astronomy”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 103 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 26 Dec 2019
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 9 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ astrodivvva6.4y ago
Good looking, easy to use, works for my locations accurately. Love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chbrandt6.6y ago
The times are wrong for all locations I enter…no support whatsoever
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AstroDemiurge6.8y ago
Small and easy to install. Perfect for displaying the current moon phase. Has plenty of potential for improvement, but very good already.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anastas1a6.8y ago
Modern and pretty! The remaining plugins on this topic look as if they were born in the previous century. So, it is definitely 5 stars for the appearance! I love how easy it is to work with the plugin. You can add it to the sidebar and change the background color with the color picker in a few seconds. So far, everything is working correctly, geo detection is right for me & the Moon information is accurate. I would also like to be able to customize the Moon phase icons and, maybe, the font. But for the moment, I love it as it is. Thanks a lot to the developer!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 2 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 31 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 863 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("astrology", "astronomy", "moonphase" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-26 300+ → 200+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-14 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-07-08 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-06 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-30 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- M Moon Phases 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Celestial Lunar Phase Widget 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Arianne G Esotools 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
EZ Horoscope Professional 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
The Moon – Current Phase and Next Eclipse 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
The Daily Horoscope 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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