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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “dmca”

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 “dmca”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 4 plugins are 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

ContentTrace shows at wp.org #7 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Legal Pages – Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, and Cookie Notice Generator 8K+ · 4.3★ (29) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages 10K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 DMCA Website Protection Badge 1K+ · 3.2★ (19) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Madquick WP Legal Pages – One Click, 100% Free 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 5 Right Click Ban – Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 400+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too low 6 SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too low 7 Copyfend – Content Protection, Anti-Copy & Anti-Scraping 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑4 2 too high 8 PixGuard Scanner 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 LegalPages Pro 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 WP Replace Unlicensed and Broken Images 10+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too low 11 Photoledger — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 ContentTrace — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 Media2URL: Cloud Media Storage & CDN — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 ArchivioMD — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 GoConsent™ – Cookie Consent Banner & Privacy Tools — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 TruVisibility Plagiarism Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 D Dooplee Duplicate Content Checker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 P Proofread Bot 40+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 D DMCA WaterMarker 10+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 W Word Filter Plus 10+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 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.