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

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 system”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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 #14 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 6 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) wp.org #1 2 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #2 3 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Alex Reservations – Restaurant Reservations, Tables & White-Label Booking System 200+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Printus – Automatic Cloud Order Printing for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 FoodOrd – Online Food Ordering & Table Reservation System 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Print Anywhere & Create PDFs of Order Receipts, Invoices, Labels & More. 1K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Smart Online Order for Clover 1K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 VikRestaurants Table Reservations and Take-Away 600+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 MultiPOS – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce, Barcode Scanner & Cash Register 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 ↑1 5 too low 15 WowRestro – Restaurant Ordering & Operations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 16 Mobile-Refuel Table Reservation 10+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 RestroFood Lite – Online Food Ordering and Restaurant Management Plugin For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Libre Bite – Restaurant POS, Kitchen Display (KDS) & QR Ordering for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Integration for Epos Now and WooCommerce 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 FoodNotix — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 MAXPOS Integration 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Obydullah Restaurant ERP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.