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

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 “horoscope”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 EZ Horoscope Professional 300+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #1 2 Divine Astro 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #2 3 Tarot and Horoscope 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 4 Chinese horoscope 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 AstroWay – Astrology, Birth Chart & Horoscope Widgets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 AstroAstro Daily Horoscope — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 A Astrology Suite for FreeAstroAPI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 A Astro API By Synilogic 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Horoscope widget 30+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 VedicAstroAPI 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 astroSpirit Horoscopes – Shortcode — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 RoxyAPI: Astrology, Vedic, Forecast, Human Design, Numerology 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 i20 Sidebar Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 V Vedika Astrology — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 A AstrologyAPI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 A Astro Zodiac Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 CosmyDay Astrology Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 Nine Star Ki 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 19 AstroWay for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 Dakidarts Numerology Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Sezgi Astrology Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 VedIntel Astro Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Monthly Horoscopes 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 H Horoscopen (NL) – Astro Media 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 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.