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

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 plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 1645 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 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #2 3 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #3 4 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #8 ↑4 3 too low 6 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Clone 40K+ · 4.1★ (339) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too low 8 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #15 ↓4 7 too low 9 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #13 ↑2 4 too low 10 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too low 11 WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #4 7 too high 12 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Plugin Check (PCP) 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 1-Click WordPress Migration Plugin – Backup, Migrate & Clone 400+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #11 ↑10 8 too high 20 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #23 ↓5 3 too low 21 Export Themes 2K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 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 ↓1 6 too high 24 Sidebar Content Clone 400+ · 1.5★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 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.