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

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 code”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator shows at wp.org #9 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy places #8 on merit, 5.0★ from 4625 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 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #1 2 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Header Footer Code Manager 600K+ · 4.9★ (309) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Kaya QR Code Generator 10K+ · 4.4★ (38) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #22 14 too low 9 UPI QR Code Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too low 10 Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too low 12 Highlighting Code Block 10K+ · 4.5★ (20) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Code Prettify 1K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #14 15 Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy 8K+ · 4.3★ (36) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 Qyrr – simply and modern QR-Code creation 2K+ · 3.8★ (21) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Code Click to Copy 700+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #23 ↓2 6 too low 18 Copy Move Posts 400+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑1 13 too high 20 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #9 14 too high 24 ElemCopy – Text Copy Button for Elementor 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 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.