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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “right click”

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 “right click”, 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 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

Right Click Disable for Secure shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 60+ 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

All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 5231 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 No Right Click Images 20K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #1 2 Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection 10K+ · 4.9★ (103) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #3 ↑2 3 too high 7 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too low 9 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too low 10 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #11 ↑7 1 too low 11 Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP) 10K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too low 12 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #17 ↓3 5 too low 13 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #20 ↑1 7 too low 14 Right Click Ban – Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 400+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 1-Click WordPress Migration Plugin – Backup, Migrate & Clone 400+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 Protect Uploads 30K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Right Click Disable for Secure 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 11 too high 19 Simple Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 B Bitron Right of Withdrawal 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 D Disable Right Click 70+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 Click To Copy – Copy Text or Code to Clipboard Instantly 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Click to top 2K+ · 2.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.