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

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 ordering”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 3 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

FoodBook Lite – Online Food Ordering System shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 300+ 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

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 612 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #2 3 Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 2K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #4 5 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #5 6 WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin 900+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Restaurant Menu – Food Ordering System – Table Reservation 7K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #23 ↓4 14 too low 10 Variation Images Gallery for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (39) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too low 11 Team – Team Members Showcase Plugin 10K+ · 4.5★ (67) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Testimonial – Testimonial Slider and Showcase Plugin 20K+ · 4.6★ (67) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Posts Table with Search & Sort 3K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #15 ↑6 2 too low 14 Five Star Business Profile and Schema 7K+ · 4.8★ (52) wp.org #18 ↑6 4 too low 15 Menukaart – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering with WooCommerce 20+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #14 ↑6 1 too high 16 VikRestaurants Table Reservations and Take-Away 600+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #20 ↓3 4 too low 17 Food Online for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.1★ (26) wp.org #24 ↓13 7 too low 18 WowRestro – Restaurant Ordering & Operations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 RestroFood Lite – Online Food Ordering and Restaurant Management Plugin For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 9 too high 20 Flipdish Ordering System 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓3 3 too high 21 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too high 22 Flavor – Restaurant Menu & Table Reservations 90+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑2 11 too high 23 FoodBook Lite – Online Food Ordering System 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 WPCafe Multivendor Restaurant Addon for Dokan 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓3 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.