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

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 “plagiarism”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

PressPrimer Assignment – Homework Submission, Document Viewer & LMS Grading Workflows shows at wp.org #5 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #1 2 GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO 70K+ · 4.8★ (119) wp.org #2 3 Semrush SEO Writing Assistant 8K+ · 2.8★ (25) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Copyscape Premium 700+ · 3.2★ (10) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Disable WP REST API 30K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #22 17 too low 6 Opace AI Scribe: SEO Content Creator & Humanizer for OpenAI, Anthropic & Gemini 100+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 ↑2 3 too low 7 Content Copy Protection & Disable Right Click 1K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too low 8 CopyBlocker Pro – Content Protection 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑2 5 too high 9 Plagiarism Checker By SST 100+ · 3.0★ (10) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 W WP Copy Content Protection 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 PressPrimer Assignment – Homework Submission, Document Viewer & LMS Grading Workflows 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑2 6 too high 12 W WordBinary Self Plagiarism Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 4 too high 13 Eligibility Checklist for AdSense 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Handywriter – AI-Powered Assistant for WordPress – Powered by ChatGPT & DALL-E 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too high 15 Copyleaks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑2 2 too high 16 BestHelpTool Product Descriptions for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 BoostMedia AI Content Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 A AI Humanizer & AI Detector – Uncertify AI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 C Clockdo – Publish Date Proof & Content Timestamp — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too high 20 ContentTrace — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Shakvaro Content Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑2 1 too high 22 Plagiarism Checker – Plagibot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 AI RSS Rewriter – Feed to Post, Autoblogging & SEO 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23

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.