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

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 “duplication”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 1138 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Pixel Manager for WooCommerce – Conversion Tracking, Google Ads, GA4, TikTok, Dynamic Remarketing 40K+ · 4.9★ (399) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ · 4.4★ (590) wp.org #9 ↓2 4 too low 6 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #18 11 too low 8 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #3 ↑1 5 too high 9 Falang multilanguage for WordPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (113) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Accordions 20K+ · 4.5★ (90) wp.org #11 ↑2 1 too low 11 Flexible Product Fields (WooCommerce Product Addons) – WooCommerce Product Page Editor 10K+ · 4.5★ (106) wp.org #17 ↑6 6 too low 12 WP EXtra – One Click Optimize 6K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #15 ↑3 3 too low 13 Export and Import Users and Customers 50K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Post Type Transfer 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #7 ↑2 7 too high 15 LitCommerce: Sell on eBay, Etsy, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart & more from WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (284) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 BA Book Everything 10K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #13 ↑6 3 too high 17 GSheetConnector – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save CF7 Entries to Database 40K+ · 4.4★ (129) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Easy Duplicate Woo Order 1K+ · 4.7★ (21) wp.org #21 ↓4 3 too low 19 Repeater Fields for WPForms 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 12 too high 23 Super SEO Content Cloner 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 R2K Terms Copier 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.