wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “post duplicate”
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 “post duplicate”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
WP Duplicate Page shows at wp.org #6 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 60K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 16 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 27820 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.
Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538)
wp.org #1 2 
Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (467)
wp.org #2 3 
Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623)
wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 
Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528)
wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 
Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588)
wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6 
Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153)
wp.org #8 2 too low 7 
Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1238)
wp.org #13 ↑9 6 too low 8 
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526)
wp.org #15 ↑6 7 too low 9 
Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29)
wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820)
wp.org #21 ↑2 11 too low 11 
Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80)
wp.org #11 12 
Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #3 ↑2 9 too high 13 
Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News 20K+ · 4.7★ (210)
wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too low 14 
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423)
wp.org #22 ↓4 8 too low 15 
Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58)
wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) thin reviews
wp.org #6 ↑1 10 too high 17 
Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317)
wp.org #24 7 too low 18 
PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66)
wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 
Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (20) thin reviews
wp.org #10 ↓1 9 too high 20 
Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33)
wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too high 21 
Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders 8K+ · 5.0★ (26)
wp.org #23 2 too low 22 
Duplicate Page or Post 9K+ · 4.0★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #12 10 too high 23 
WP Post Page Clone 70K+ · 4.5★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↓2 7 too high 24 
Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #20 ↓3 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.