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

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 “restaurant”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 5 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

Easy restaurant menu manager shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam places #11 on merit, 5.0★ from 1471 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 Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin 10K+ · 4.7★ (211) wp.org #1 2 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 2K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too low 7 ReDi Restaurant Reservation – Instant Restaurant Booking & Table Reservation System 800+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin 900+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #9 ↓2 1 too low 9 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ · 4.9★ (4755) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ · 5.0★ (1471) wp.org #24 ↓2 13 too low 12 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #20 ↓3 8 too low 13 Stylish Price List – Price Table Builder & QR Code Restaurant Menu 3K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too high 15 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #22 ↓3 6 too low 17 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too high 18 Five Star Restaurant Reviews 400+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #8 ↑4 10 too high 19 Alex Reservations – Restaurant Reservations, Tables & White-Label Booking System 200+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Five Star Business Profile and Schema 7K+ · 4.8★ (52) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Easy restaurant menu manager 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓2 11 too high 22 Restaurant Food Menu by WP Darko – Drag & Drop Restaurant Menu Builder for WordPress 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↓2 9 too high 23 Flavor – Restaurant Menu & Table Reservations 90+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too high 24 RestroFood Lite – Online Food Ordering and Restaurant Management Plugin For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 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.