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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wine menu”

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 “wine menu”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Wine Club Connection shows at wp.org #4 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 10+ 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 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings 60K+ · 4.3★ (122) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Giuliomax Menu Builder 20+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Alex Reservations – Restaurant Reservations, Tables & White-Label Booking System 200+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Advanced Age Verification Popup 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Wine Cellar Manager – From collector to sommelier: wine always in order 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Move Addons for Elementor 2K+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Easy Age Verify 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Wine Club Connection 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 7 too high 12 Search with Wine-Searcher – Integrate Wine-Searcher in your site 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Easy Map – Store Locator, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 SommelierX Wine Advice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Pinpointed AI Sommelier — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Devllo Wine Toolkit for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Inspiro Starter Sites – 20+ Free Demo Templates for Gutenberg & Elementor 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 O OsteriaCards – Menu & Allergens — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 SAS Menu Maker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Cheyytec Restaurant Menu Board – Food, Cafe & Coffee Shop Menu with Prices — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Free Product Samples for WooCommerce – Try Before You Buy, Request Samples by Mail 60+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Winevizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 WT Catalog 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 4 too high 24 SimpleSocial 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #21 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.