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

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 taxonomy”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 3 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

WP Taxonomy Manager shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 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

Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 418 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 wp.org
1 Custom Taxonomy Order 50K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #1 ↑2 1 too high 3 Beautiful taxonomy filters 2K+ · 4.9★ (68) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #10 ↓2 6 too low 5 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #11 ↓2 6 too low 6 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #3 ↓1 3 too high 7 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #12 ↑5 3 too low 10 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #20 ↓2 10 too low 11 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #24 ↓4 11 too low 14 Permalink Manager Lite 100K+ · 4.8★ (176) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 WP Bulk Delete 90K+ · 4.6★ (131) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #21 ↓10 5 too low 17 Term Taxonomy Converter 500+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 ↓2 8 too high 18 WP Taxonomy Manager 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓2 11 too high 19 Duplicate Title Validator 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 ↓2 11 too high 20 Attachment Taxonomies 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #17 ↓4 3 too high 21 Taxonomy/Term and Role-based Discounts for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.4★ (8) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too high 22 Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓4 8 too high 23 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓3 8 too high 24 Duplicate All – Posts & Pages 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.