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

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 “copy”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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

Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly shows at wp.org #6 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 900+ 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

File Manager places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 1492 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. 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 #1 2 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #4 ↓2 2 too low 3 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too high 4 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too low 7 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #17 ↓4 10 too low 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #14 ↓5 6 too low 9 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too low 12 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #8 ↑10 4 too high 13 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 PW WooCommerce Copy Coupon 1K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 Copy Move Posts 400+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Doubly – Cross Domain Copy Paste for WordPress 10K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓1 11 too high 18 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 CopySafe Web Protection – Copy Protect Images 800+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #9 ↓1 11 too high 21 Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks 50+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 ElemCopy – Text Copy Button for Elementor 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 WPC Copy Billing Address for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #22 2 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.