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

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 “lunar”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 6 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.

Ranked above its merit

Init FX Engine – Interactive, Event-Driven, Lightweight shows at wp.org #2 but places #6 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 80+ 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 EZ Horoscope Professional 300+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 Celestial Lunar Phase Widget 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Divine Astro 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #8 5 too low 4 Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Garanție SGR pentru WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Init FX Engine – Interactive, Event-Driven, Lightweight 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 LNH Lunar Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Open Source Event Calendar 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 The Stars at Night 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓1 8 too low 10 AweBooking – Hotel Booking System 1K+ · 3.0★ (22) wp.org #21 ↓2 11 too low 11 Arianne G Esotools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Tanggalanku Kalender Indonesia — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 SunnyTracker Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 AstroWay – Astrology, Birth Chart & Horoscope Widgets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 One8 Weather Data Fields — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Gobbert Countdown Timer, Urgency Bars & Pricing Tables — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Site is Alive — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 The Moon – Current Phase and Next Eclipse 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 M Moon Phase Widget 10+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #24 ↓2 5 too low 20 ACS Business Calendar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 RoxyAPI: Astrology, Vedic, Forecast, Human Design, Numerology 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Cyoud AIO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too high 23 A Am lich 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too high 24 M Moon Calendar Widget 100+ · 3.0★ (4) 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.