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

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 site”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 8706 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #1 2 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #2 3 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #5 ↓2 1 too low 5 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #7 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #20 ↓2 9 too low 12 Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ · 4.5★ (195) wp.org #16 ↓2 4 too low 13 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #23 ↓2 8 too low 16 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #21 ↓4 5 too low 17 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #14 ↑5 4 too high 19 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 UWH Site Migrator – WP Migration, Backup & Restore 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 WP Global Site Tag 7K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 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 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.