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

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 “astrology”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 2 plugins are 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 EZ Horoscope Professional 300+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 A Astrology Suite for FreeAstroAPI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Divine Astro 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #11 ↓2 7 too low 5 RoxyAPI: Astrology, Vedic, Forecast, Human Design, Numerology 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 V Vedika Astrology — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 AstroWay – Astrology, Birth Chart & Horoscope Widgets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 Sezgi Astrology Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 CosmyDay Astrology Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 NumroQ Numerology & Astrology Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 1 too high 11 Arianne G Esotools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 VedicAstroAPI 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 13 A Astro API By Synilogic 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Tarot and Horoscope 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too low 15 A AstrologyAPI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Nine Star Ki 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓5 1 too low 17 Francesco Guarino Booking Calendar for Tarot Readers — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑9 3 too high 18 VedIntel Astro Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 Chinese horoscope 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 1 too low 20 GetBirthChart – Birth Chart Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too low 21 M MobileOnline Matrimony Pro 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓3 3 too high 22 A Astro Zodiac Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 23 N NumeroCalc — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2

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.