The Viking Auto Dismiss vs Hide All Notices

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

The Viking Auto Dismiss

by Daniel van der Velden

Health B80

Hide All Notices

by Duncan Platt

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

The Viking Auto Dismiss Hide 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 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-80%	-33% ✓
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.94★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	6.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	39	235 ✓
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 Dismiss Hide 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.