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

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 wordpress content”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 2 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 #17 on merit, a gap of 10 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

Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 1281 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. 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 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #2 3 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #6 ↑2 3 too low 4 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #4 5 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #5 6 WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents 100K+ · 5.0★ (199) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too low 7 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too low 8 WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too low 10 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #11 ↑3 1 too low 11 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #19 ↓6 8 too low 12 Clone 40K+ · 4.1★ (339) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too low 13 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #9 ↓2 4 too high 14 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #23 ↑1 9 too low 15 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #17 ↑1 2 too low 16 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ · 4.3★ (597) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #7 ↑8 10 too high 18 Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison 10K+ · 3.9★ (56) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely 30K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #20 21 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓2 7 too high 22 WP Clone any post type 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too high 23 Clone Gravity Form Entry 90+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Sidebar Content Clone 400+ · 1.5★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.