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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disable click”

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 “disable click”, 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click shows at wp.org #6 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 14 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1139 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 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #1 ↑2 2 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too low 5 No Right Click Images 20K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Disable Comments 100K+ · 3.8★ (25) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 One Click Demo Import 1M+ · 4.3★ (79) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection 10K+ · 4.9★ (103) wp.org #13 ↑6 5 too low 9 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #22 ↓1 13 too low 10 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1139) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 Disable WP REST API 30K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #11 ↑2 12 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too high 13 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #16 ↓5 3 too low 14 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #6 ↑9 8 too high 15 Disable Media Sizes 10K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #12 ↓2 3 too high 16 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 ↓1 8 too high 17 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #23 ↑1 6 too low 18 Disable Lazy Load 9K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Disable WP Sitemaps 10K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Disable WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #14 ↓2 6 too high 21 Disable Application Passwords 3K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Disable Gutenberg Autosave 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too high 23 Right Click Ban – Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 400+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↓2 4 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.