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

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 id”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 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

Quiz Maker by AYS places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 601 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 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #5 6 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too low 7 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #17 ↓2 9 too low 9 Catch IDs 20K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #21 ↓4 10 too low 12 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #19 ↓3 5 too low 15 User Role Editor 700K+ · 4.5★ (288) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too low 16 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 S SSO for Entra ID 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 CopySafe PDF Protection – Copy Protect PDF 300+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 Simple Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too low 20 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 Magic Copy for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑5 6 too high 22 C Copy/Paste FlexContent Blocks for ACF 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓2 2 too low 23 VerifyPass Community ID 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 13 too high 24 Advanced Content Copy 30+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 10 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.