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

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 page”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 #7 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 15 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

WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 2617 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 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #1 2 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #2 3 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #4 ↑7 1 too low 4 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #5 ↓2 6 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #6 ↓2 7 Page Builder by SiteOrigin 400K+ · 4.8★ (1005) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #17 ↓10 9 too low 9 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #21 ↓4 12 too low 10 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #18 ↑1 8 too low 11 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ · 4.7★ (140) wp.org #24 ↓1 12 too low 13 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too high 14 Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks 70K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Smart Archive Page Remove 6K+ · 4.9★ (59) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Bold Page Builder 40K+ · 3.6★ (66) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #10 ↑13 8 too high 19 PW WooCommerce Copy Coupon 1K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too high 20 Copy Move Posts 400+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #23 ↓3 3 too low 21 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 12 too high 22 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓2 15 too high 23 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too high 24 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 11 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.