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

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 settings”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20.

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 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 #19 on merit, a gap of 12 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

WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 199 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. 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 #2 3 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 4 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #4 5 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #16 9 too low 8 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents 100K+ · 5.0★ (199) wp.org #19 10 too low 10 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Easy PHP Settings 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #14 15 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 11 too high 17 CopySafe Web Protection – Copy Protect Images 800+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for Rank Math SEO 6K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 MainWP Key Maker 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 ElemCopy – Text Copy Button for Elementor 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks 50+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #23 24 WPC Copy Billing Address for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #21 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.