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

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 “zodiac”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 20. 3 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 EZ Horoscope Professional 300+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #1 2 Wbcom Designs – Birthday Widget for BuddyPress 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 Arianne G Esotools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 4 A Astro Zodiac Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 Daily Fortune Telling Cards 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Weekly Fortune Telling Cards 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 LNH Lunar Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Tanggalanku Kalender Indonesia — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Tarot and Horoscope 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 AstroAstro Daily Horoscope — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 RoxyAPI: Astrology, Vedic, Forecast, Human Design, Numerology 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 A Astrology Suite for FreeAstroAPI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 AstroWay – Astrology, Birth Chart & Horoscope Widgets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 WP Moon Phase Widget 200+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #24 ↓2 10 too low 15 Horoscope widget 30+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too low 16 A AstrologyAPI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too high 17 CosmyDay Astrology Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 Dakidarts Numerology Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 V Vedika Astrology — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Noesia Smart Waiter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21 The Moon – Current Phase and Next Eclipse 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too high 22 VedicAstroAPI 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 AstroBene 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too high 24 Monthly Horoscopes 40+ · 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.