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

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 copy”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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 #8 but places #22 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

WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 2470 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. 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 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #2 3 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #5 ↓2 2 too low 4 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too low 7 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #16 ↓2 9 too low 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #18 ↓2 9 too low 10 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #6 ↑3 6 too high 13 Redirection 2M+ · 4.4★ (703) wp.org #23 ↓1 10 too low 14 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 Disable Gutenberg Autosave 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 Disable Responsive Images Complete 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 Right Click Ban – Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 400+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 WP Disables Updates 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Simple Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 CopySafe Web Protection – Copy Protect Images 800+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 too low 21 Disable CSS JS Cache 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #8 ↓1 14 too high 23 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Do Not Copy 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.