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

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 protect video”, we and wp.org disagree 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

CopySafe Video Protection – Copy Protect Video shows at wp.org #6 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Quiz Maker by AYS places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 601 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. 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 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Protect Uploads 30K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #4 ↑2 5 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #7 ↓3 2 too low 6 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #8 ↑2 1 too low 8 Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1596) wp.org #12 ↓4 4 too low 9 Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 10K+ · 4.6★ (297) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #13 ↑2 3 too low 11 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #22 ↓1 9 too low 14 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 CP Media Player – Audio Player and Video Player 3K+ · 4.4★ (46) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ · 3.9★ (391) wp.org #23 ↓1 7 too low 17 Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ · 4.2★ (60) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Find & Fix Broken Internal, External & Video Links 200K+ · 3.8★ (87) wp.org #15 ↓2 3 too high 19 CopySafe Video Protection – Copy Protect Video 100+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #6 ↑1 13 too high 20 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 WP Protect Content 1K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 CopySafe Web Protection – Copy Protect Images 800+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #11 ↑1 11 too high 23 Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo Gallery & YouTube API 1K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.