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

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 “allergens”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Nutrition Info for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin 900+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Allergens System for Woocommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 VikRestaurants Table Reservations and Take-Away 600+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Polski for WooCommerce 60+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Flavor – Restaurant Menu & Table Reservations 90+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 WP Restaurant Price List 400+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #21 13 too low 9 O OsteriaCards – Menu & Allergens — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Wolfcourt Allergen Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 Lunchboard – Restaurant Menu, Lunch Menu & Allergens — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 PlugTide Digital Menu for Restaurants — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Product Tabs for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Allergen Exclusion Filter for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Food Labels PDF for WooCommerce – Allergens, Batch & Expiry by La Terreta — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Nutrition Info for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too high 17 A AXOLYON Menu & Reservations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 SAS Menu Maker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 D Dine on Tap — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Libre Bite – Restaurant POS, Kitchen Display (KDS) & QR Ordering for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 maca Restu — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 MenuGPS – Restaurant Menus — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 S SavorPilot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 WWB Restaurant Menu Pro — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.