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

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 pages”, 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

Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 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

Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 1645 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. 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 ↑1 2 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #3 ↑3 1 too low 3 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1525) wp.org #8 ↑10 4 too low 5 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #5 6 WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #2 ↓1 4 too high 7 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #11 ↑6 4 too low 8 Clone 40K+ · 4.1★ (339) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too low 9 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #9 ↓2 10 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #16 ↓7 6 too low 11 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #20 ↓9 9 too low 12 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #6 ↓3 6 too high 13 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #18 ↑4 5 too low 14 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #17 ↑7 2 too low 16 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #12 ↑2 4 too high 17 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #7 ↑6 11 too high 19 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #15 ↓3 4 too high 20 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #14 ↑1 6 too high 21 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 Export Themes 2K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓3 10 too high 24 WP Clone any post type 400+ · 3.7★ (3) 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.