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

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 term”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations shows at wp.org #5 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 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 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820) wp.org #7 ↑2 6 too low 2 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #6 ↓2 3 too low 4 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #9 ↓4 4 too low 6 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #10 ↓3 4 too low 7 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #8 ↓2 9 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #20 11 too low 10 Term Taxonomy Converter 500+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 ↓1 6 too high 11 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #17 ↓5 6 too low 12 WP Bulk Delete 90K+ · 4.6★ (131) wp.org #14 ↓4 2 too low 13 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4229) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages 10K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #19 ↓4 5 too low 15 Duplicate Killer – Prevent Duplicate Form Submissions 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 ↓1 12 too high 16 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (108) wp.org #23 ↓3 7 too low 17 bbPress 100K+ · 3.9★ (343) wp.org #21 ↓5 4 too low 18 Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations 40+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #5 13 too high 19 LWS Cleaner 20K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #16 ↓5 3 too high 20 Terms and Conditions per Product for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.6★ (13) wp.org #18 ↓5 2 too high 21 Duplicate All – Posts & Pages 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓3 10 too high 22 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 neo Duplicate – Copy images with one click! 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too high 24 R2K Terms Copier 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓4 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.