wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “pizzeria”
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 “pizzeria”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 16.
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
QRMenu Restaurant QR Menu Lite shows at wp.org #9 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System places #4 on merit, 4.4★ from 102 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin 900+ · 5.0★ (55)
wp.org #1 2 
FoodOrd – Online Food Ordering & Table Reservation System 20+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #2 3 
FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviewslow rating, top placement
wp.org #3 4 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #14 ↓3 10 too low 5 
WowRestro – Restaurant Ordering & Operations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #4 1 too high 6 
SKT Templates – 100% Free Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 20K+ · 5.0★ (6) not PHP-currentheavy footprint thin reviews
wp.org #11 ↓2 5 too low 7 
Restaurant for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement
wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 
PizzaPilot — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #6 2 too high 9 
FoodNotix — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too high 10 
Cheyytec Restaurant Menu Board – Food, Cafe & Coffee Shop Menu with Prices — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too high 11 
PizzaTier — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 
RestoCommerce – Restaurant Menu & Food Ordering for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #12 13 
MenuMax – Digital Restaurant Menus — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↓3 14 
FoodCamp – Food Ordering & Restaurant Management for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #15 1 too low 15 W WP Pizzeria 10+ · 4.0★ (1) throws errorsnot PHP-currentclosure risk thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↓4 1 too low 16 QRMenu Restaurant QR Menu Lite 20+ · 1.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #9 ↓2 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.