wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “duplicate site”
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 site”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
Duplicate Killer – Prevent Duplicate Form Submissions shows at wp.org #9 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 1568 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423)
wp.org #1 ↑1 2 
Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376)
wp.org #2 ↑1 3 
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #4 1 too low 4 
Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623)
wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820)
wp.org #11 ↑4 6 too low 6 
Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153)
wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 
NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279)
wp.org #8 1 too low 8 
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778)
wp.org #10 2 too low 9 
WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470)
wp.org #14 5 too low 10 
Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29)
wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11 
Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #3 ↑4 8 too high 12 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568)
wp.org #19 7 too low 13 
Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317)
wp.org #23 ↑1 10 too low 14 
Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ · 4.5★ (195)
wp.org #20 ↑1 6 too low 15 
Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33)
wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 
My Private Site – Make Your Whole Site Private, Force Login & Block Registration Spam 10K+ · 4.5★ (82)
wp.org #16 17 
Multiple Domain Mapping on Single Site 6K+ · 4.6★ (48)
wp.org #18 1 too low 18 
PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66)
wp.org #24 6 too low 19 
SureFeedback Client Site 5K+ · 4.0★ (39)
wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too low 20 
BCM Duplicate Menu 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too high 21 Duplicate Killer – Prevent Duplicate Form Submissions 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #9 12 too high 22 
Duplicate Title Validator 300+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #15 ↑3 7 too high 23 
WP Global Site Tag 7K+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #17 6 too high 24 
Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #22 ↑1 2 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.