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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “duplicate custom posts”

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 “duplicate custom posts”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts shows at wp.org #5 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 474 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #1 2 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too high 4 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (587) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #13 ↑6 6 too low 8 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1525) wp.org #15 ↑7 7 too low 9 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #14 ↑2 5 too low 10 Custom Permalinks 100K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1916) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too low 12 Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474) wp.org #22 ↑2 10 too low 13 Secure Custom Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #18 ↑3 3 too low 16 Custom Taxonomy Order 50K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #19 ↑1 3 too low 17 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #5 ↑7 12 too high 18 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #11 ↑2 9 too high 21 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #23 ↓6 2 too low 22 Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33) wp.org #20 ↑3 2 too high 23 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #21 ↓7 2 too high 24 Duplicate Page or Post 9K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.