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

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 post”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 2 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 #3 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 10 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

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 27821 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 Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #11 ↑1 6 too low 6 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #12 ↓4 5 too low 8 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #13 ↓2 5 too low 9 Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1237) wp.org #17 ↑3 8 too low 10 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #10 ↑4 1 too high 12 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #22 ↑2 10 too low 13 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #3 ↑3 10 too high 14 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News 20K+ · 4.7★ (210) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 too low 17 Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33) wp.org #21 ↓3 2 too low 20 WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders 8K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Duplicate Page or Post 9K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too high 23 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑2 9 too high 24 Duplicate All – Posts & Pages 80+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.