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

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 order”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 of the top 20. 5 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

Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 1K+ 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

WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 2470 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #1 2 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too low 4 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #2 ↑7 3 too high 6 Custom Taxonomy Order 50K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #21 13 too low 9 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 Easy Duplicate Woo Order 1K+ · 4.7★ (21) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too high 12 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #12 13 Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 Intuitive Custom Post Order 400K+ · 4.4★ (139) wp.org #20 ↓3 6 too low 15 Order Splitter for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.7★ (70) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #10 ↓7 6 too high 17 WC Cancel Order 5K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Bulk Order Form for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #24 ↓2 6 too low 19 BCM Duplicate Menu 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #16 ↓3 3 too high 20 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 16 too high 21 Duplicate Killer – Prevent Duplicate Form Submissions 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 Custom Order Status for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (32) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Order Splitter for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↓4 8 too high 24 BD Courier Order Ratio Checker 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 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.