Hide Dashboard Notifications vs Hide Admin Notices

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

Hide Dashboard Notifications

by WP Republic

Health B80

Hide Admin Notices

by PontetLabs

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

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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	Hide Dashboard Notifications	Hide Admin Notices
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K	20K–30K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 53
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	92/100 ✓	16/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.91★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	33 ✓	20
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	65/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	2.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	2.0K ✓	589
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

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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.