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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “posts 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 “posts copy”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 #9 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 14 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

Post Views Counter places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 1237 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 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #1 2 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #2 3 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 4 Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #11 ↓3 5 too low 7 User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 10K+ · 4.8★ (913) wp.org #15 ↑1 8 too low 8 SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1237) wp.org #22 13 too low 10 Related Posts Thumbnails 20K+ · 4.9★ (234) wp.org #13 ↑2 3 too low 11 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 WP Content Copy Protection with Color Design 5K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #19 ↓7 6 too low 14 Copy Move Posts 400+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #7 ↓1 7 too high 15 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #6 ↑8 10 too high 17 Public Post Preview 100K+ · 4.6★ (79) wp.org #23 ↓2 6 too low 18 Dynamic Month & Year into Posts 8K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 too low 19 Clone Posts 10K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓1 13 too high 22 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #9 14 too high 24 Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.