The Viking Auto Dismiss vs Hide All Notices

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Hide All Notices is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

The Viking Auto Dismiss

by Daniel van der Velden

Health B76

Hide All Notices

by Duncan Platt

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

The Viking Auto DismissHide All Notices

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	The Viking Auto Dismiss	Hide All Notices
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-80%	3K+ → 2K+ ✓
Overall health	—	D · 44 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	90/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.9★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	6.2y ago
Downloads, last 30d	64	347 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+71%	+37%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	7.3% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

The Viking Auto DismissHide All Notices

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.