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

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 “clone”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 8706 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #1 2 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #5 ↑2 2 too low 4 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #4 5 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #7 ↑3 2 too low 6 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #10 ↓4 4 too low 7 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #3 ↓1 5 too high 9 Clone 40K+ · 4.1★ (339) wp.org #11 ↓3 2 too low 10 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #13 ↓3 2 too low 12 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #14 ↑3 1 too low 14 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #24 ↓5 10 too low 15 NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too low 16 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #16 ↑7 17 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #22 ↓4 5 too low 18 1-Click WordPress Migration Plugin – Backup, Migrate & Clone 400+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #8 ↑7 11 too high 20 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #23 ↓3 3 too low 21 Export Themes 2K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓2 10 too high 23 WP Clone any post type 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓3 6 too high 24 Clone Gravity Form Entry 90+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #20 ↑4 4 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.