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

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 “duplicator”, we agree with wp.org 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

Bulk Page Duplicator shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Temporary Login Without Password places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 1549 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #1 2 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 M Menu Duplicator 10K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 NS Cloner – Site Cloner and Multisite Duplicator 6K+ · 4.7★ (279) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too low 7 FastDup – Fastest WordPress Migration & Duplicator 5K+ · 4.6★ (27) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #18 ↓3 10 too low 9 Temporary Login Without Password 90K+ · 5.0★ (1549) wp.org #21 12 too low 10 WP Crontrol 300K+ · 4.4★ (167) wp.org #13 ↑7 3 too low 11 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #23 ↑1 10 too low 14 Fast Page & Post Duplicator 50K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too high 15 M Menu Item Duplicator 2K+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 WebToffee WP Backup and Migration 5K+ · 4.5★ (49) wp.org #19 ↓3 3 too low 17 Duplicate Variations for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too high 18 Bulk Page Duplicator 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #22 ↓4 3 too low 20 Labinator Content Types Duplicator 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too high 23 WP Quick Post Duplicator 2K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓2 8 too high 24 WPC Variation Duplicator for WooCommerce 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 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.