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

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 “cloned”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

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Ranked above its merit

Marquix – Marquee, Scrolling Text & Logo Carousel for Elementor shows at wp.org #10 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More places #5 on merit, 5.0★ from 57 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. 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 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ · 5.0★ (57) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #7 8 Satispay for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Revision Manager TMC 1K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too low 10 PitchPrint 300+ · 3.7★ (30) wp.org #22 ↑1 12 too low 11 Repeaterly – ACF Repeater, Flexible Content & Dynamic Tags for Elementor 600+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 WP Duplicate – WordPress Migration Plugin 200+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Image Ticker Carousel | by Creavi 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Post Cloner 1K+ · 4.8★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓1 8 too low 16 Duplicate Page PTI 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 17 M Marquix – Marquee, Scrolling Text & Logo Carousel for Elementor 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 WPC Variation Duplicator for WooCommerce 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 Bulk Fixtures for SportsPress 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 QBlocks Menu Sync for Polylang 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 W Web To Print Shop : uDraw Designer 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 SitePublisher AI 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Super SEO Content Cloner 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Duplicate Post by AIOSEO – Clone Posts, Duplicate Pages and Republish Content 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.