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

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 “content protector”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

All in One Content Protector & Security shows at wp.org #5 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 100+ 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

UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 149 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ · 4.2★ (60) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Pixeline’s Email Protector 900+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 AI Popup Builder & Popup Maker by OptiMonk 3K+ · 4.7★ (98) wp.org #13 ↑1 9 too low 5 Simple Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (149) wp.org #22 ↓1 16 too low 7 Protector – Malware Removal, Firewall & Core Repair 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 CopySafe PDF Protection – Copy Protect PDF 300+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #17 ↓1 9 too low 9 Init Content Protector – Anti-Copy, Anti-Scrape, Encrypt-All 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 too high 10 AI Scraping Protector 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 All in One Content Protector & Security 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓2 6 too high 12 INI Protector 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 5 too high 13 CopySafe Video Protection – Copy Protect Video 100+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #23 ↓1 10 too low 14 Bot Protector for PayPal for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Secure Content Protector 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Private Content Login Protector — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 Sarkar IT Fake Order Protector 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Brute Force Protector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 RIACO Content Protector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 1 108WP Content Protector Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 Geotrixe Content Protector & Image Watermarker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 CodingBunny Image Optimizer 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 CopyBlocker Pro – Content Protection 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 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.