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

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 menu”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts shows at wp.org #5 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 8 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

Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 317 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #1 2

Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 D Duplicate Menu 100K+ · 4.6★ (104) wp.org #3 ↓1 4

Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #7 ↑3 3 too low 5

Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6

Nav Menu Roles 70K+ · 4.9★ (219) wp.org #11 ↓2 5 too low 7

Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too low 8

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #15 7 too low 9

BCM Duplicate Menu 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #4 5 too high 10

WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) thin reviews wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11

Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317) not PHP-current wp.org #20 9 too low 12

Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13

Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #5 ↑8 8 too high 14

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #23 9 too low 15

Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16

Iks Menu – WordPress Category Accordion Menu & FAQs 10K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #17 1 too low 17

Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #9 ↓2 8 too high 18

Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19

Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 M Menu Duplicator 10K+ · 4.7★ (13) thin reviews wp.org #16 4 too high 21 M Menu Item Duplicator 2K+ · 3.8★ (13) thin reviews wp.org #14 7 too high 22

Import Export Menu 3K+ · 4.4★ (10) thin reviews wp.org #22 23

Duplicate Page or Post 9K+ · 4.0★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #24 1 too low 24

Duplicate Killer – Prevent Duplicate Form Submissions 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↑1 6 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.