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

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 text”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

ElemCopy – Text Copy Button for Elementor shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 2051 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #1 2 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Image Alt Text 10K+ · 5.0★ (56) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #23 ↓3 15 too low 9 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #9 10 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 8 too high 11 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.7★ (99) wp.org #14 ↓3 2 too low 13 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #22 ↓3 9 too low 14 Auto Alt Text 4K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑3 4 too high 16 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Copy Move Posts 400+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too low 18 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↑2 1 too low 20 ElemCopy – Text Copy Button for Elementor 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too high 22 Text Replace – Find and Replace WordPress Strings 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 Text Case Converter 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 eRecht24 Legal Texts 50K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.