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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “live copy”

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 “live copy”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 2 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 #2 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 15 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

Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 1645 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons 30K+ · 5.0★ (775) wp.org #1 2 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 100K+ · 4.6★ (820) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #4 5 SearchWP Live Ajax Search 40K+ · 4.7★ (36) wp.org #5 6 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #22 ↓2 14 too low 9 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #20 11 too low 10 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #21 ↓2 11 too low 11 Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder 10K+ · 4.4★ (212) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 Search Live 600+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 Relevanssi Live Ajax Search 7K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Chatra Live Chat + ChatBot + Cart Saver 2K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Live Summary for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too low 16 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #9 ↑15 7 too high 17 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #2 15 too high 18 Animated Live Wall Gallery 1K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 HelpCrunch – Live Chat, Chatbot & Knowledge Base for Customer Service 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓1 10 too high 21 Live Shopping & Shoppable Videos For WooCommerce 300+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 ProScores – Live Scores 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too high 23 FrontEdit – Live Frontend Block Editor 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓2 8 too high 24 Chaport — Live Chat & Chatbots 2K+ · 4.0★ (4) 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.