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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “duplicates”

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 “duplicates”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

GF No Duplicates shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Polylang places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 3004 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #3 ↓2 1 too low 3 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #9 ↑4 4 too low 6 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #11 ↓3 3 too low 9 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #19 ↑5 10 too low 10 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #5 ↓1 5 too high 11 D Duplicate Menu 100K+ · 4.6★ (104) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too low 12 Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317) wp.org #17 ↑6 5 too low 13 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #15 ↑3 2 too low 14 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #4 ↑10 10 too high 15 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #8 ↓1 7 too high 16 Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too low 17 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too high 18 BCM Duplicate Menu 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #22 ↓2 4 too low 19 Duplicate Variations for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 Duplicate Page or Post 9K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 Duplicate Killer – Prevent Duplicate Form Submissions 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too high 22 Duplicate Title Validator 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 GF No Duplicates 600+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓3 11 too high 24 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 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.