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

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 ctrl a”, 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

Right Click Disable for Secure shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 60+ 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

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 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 signals wp.org

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #1 2

Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection 10K+ · 4.9★ (103) wp.org #2 ↑1 3

WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #6 3 too low 4

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #7 3 too low 5

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6

WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1916) wp.org #12 6 too low 7

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #16 ↑1 9 too low 8

Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) thin reviews wp.org #4 ↑1 4 too high 9

ECS – Ele Custom Skin for Elementor 100K+ · 4.6★ (117) wp.org #14 ↑2 5 too low 10

BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #13 3 too low 11

WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12

HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter 60K+ · 4.4★ (110) wp.org #17 ↓2 5 too low 13

Right Click Ban – Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 400+ · 4.3★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #5 ↓1 8 too high 14

Make Column Clickable for Elementor 100K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #18 4 too low 15

Change Text Case 1K+ · 4.8★ (21) thin reviews wp.org #15 ↓1 16

CopyProof Website 300+ · 4.4★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #10 6 too high 17

Simple Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #11 6 too high 18

Surfer – WordPress Plugin 6K+ · 4.7★ (10) thin reviews wp.org #20 2 too low 19

WP Protect Content 1K+ · 4.0★ (16) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓2 5 too low 20

Right Click Disable for Secure 60+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #8 ↑1 12 too high 21

Addon Elementor Container Link 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #21 22

eDarpan: Website Protection 200+ · 3.8★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #19 3 too high 23

Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 80+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #23 24

Improve Website Security 40+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #22 ↓1 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.