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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “kitchen display”

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 “kitchen display”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Libre Bite – Restaurant POS, Kitchen Display (KDS) & QR Ordering for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its — 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.

Buried gem

WPVR – 360 Panorama viewer and Virtual Tour Builder for WordPress places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 133 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) wp.org #1 2 Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693) wp.org #2 3 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #3 4 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #4 5 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #5 6 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Printus – Automatic Cloud Order Printing for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 WPVR – 360 Panorama viewer and Virtual Tour Builder for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (133) wp.org #24 ↓3 14 too low 11 Print Anywhere & Create PDFs of Order Receipts, Invoices, Labels & More. 1K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Smart Online Order for Clover 1K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Jovvie Point of Sale POS for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too low 14 HT Slider For Elementor 20K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 FoodOrd – Online Food Ordering & Table Reservation System 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑2 7 too high 17 MultiPOS – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce, Barcode Scanner & Cash Register 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 WowRestro – Restaurant Ordering & Operations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 RestroFood Lite – Online Food Ordering and Restaurant Management Plugin For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 20 Libre Bite – Restaurant POS, Kitchen Display (KDS) & QR Ordering for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 10 too high 21 Tlloancy Kitchen Line — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too high 22 Integration for Epos Now and WooCommerce 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 4 too high 23 Plattivo – Restaurant Ordering, QR Menu & Kitchen Display for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Web Plura Restaurant Hub – QR Ordering, Kitchen Display & Cashier POS — · 0.0★ (0) 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.