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

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 posts”, we and wp.org disagree 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

Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 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

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager places #8 on merit, 5.0★ from 1525 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #5 ↓4 4 too low 2 WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #1 ↑2 1 too high 3 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #6 ↑7 2 too low 5 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #12 ↓5 6 too low 7 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1525) wp.org #16 ↑2 8 too low 9 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #9 ↑8 10 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #17 ↓3 7 too low 11 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too low 12 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #3 ↑2 9 too high 13 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #22 ↓3 9 too low 14 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #8 ↑1 6 too high 15 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #23 ↑1 8 too low 16 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too low 17 Category AJAX Filter – Posts, Custom Post Types & Product Filter 6K+ · 4.9★ (158) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too low 18 Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types 20K+ · 4.9★ (56) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 too low 19 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #13 ↓2 6 too high 20 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #14 ↓2 6 too high 21 Post Type Transfer 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 WP Clone any post type 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 11 too high 23 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓2 13 too high 24 Clone Gravity Form Entry 90+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #20 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.