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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “block copy”

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 “block copy”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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.

Ranked above its merit

Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator shows at wp.org #9 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 50 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #1 2 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #2 3 The Icon Block 40K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #3 4 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #4 ↑2 5 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Nexter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder & AI Website Builder 9K+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #7 ↑11 1 too low 7 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too low 8 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100K+ · 4.9★ (216) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 SimpLy Gallery 40K+ · 4.8★ (118) wp.org #14 ↑3 5 too low 10 Spectra Blocks – AI Website Builder for the Block Editor 60K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #10 ↓3 11 Create Block Theme 20K+ · 4.8★ (38) wp.org #19 ↓5 8 too low 12 Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #23 ↓3 11 too low 13 Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ · 5.0★ (57) wp.org #22 ↓3 9 too low 14 Button Block – Stylish buttons that get more clicks 5K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Highlighting Code Block 10K+ · 4.5★ (20) wp.org #21 ↓5 6 too low 16 Custom HTML Block Extension 7K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #24 ↓3 8 too low 17 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #18 19 Timeline Block – tell your story with elegant timelines 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓1 14 too high 21 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Table Of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #15 ↓2 7 too high 23 VK Blocks 100K+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #20 ↓5 3 too high 24 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #9 15 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.