Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications
by Themeisle · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 26 other plugins · 1.8M+ installs across the portfolio →
Disable admin notices and hide dashboard notifications from plugins, themes and core. Hide all notices, selected ones, or show them in a single line.
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Health
A 91/100
no flags
Active installs
100K+
≈190K estimated
Momentum
+38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 93/100. Lift the average: resolve the issues driving the low reviews.
91 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100K of 1.6M lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 10 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2026-03-10Older reviewers liked the per-notice control, but the newest ones say the plugin now injects its own ads and recommendation panels into the admin, on top of complaints that hidden notices come back, Elementor notices can't be hidden, and most features sit behind PRO.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 4 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 367 reviews, smoothed to 4.63★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| notices your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| dashboard notifications your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| admin notices your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| hide dashboard notifications | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| disable admin notices | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| hide admin notices your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| dismiss notices your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| hide notices | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| hide dashboard notices | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| dashboard notices | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| disable notices | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| disable notifications | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| hide admin notifications | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| dismiss dashboard widget | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| disable admin bar | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| notifications | #4 | #2 | 0 |
| admin | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| admin notifications | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| hide admin | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| admin bar hide | #3 | #2 | 0 |
285 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 186 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “notifications”, “remove admin bar” and “clean admin” (#4, #4 and #6 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 70.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
10
releases in the last 12 months
4d ago
latest release · v1.4.9 · 28 Oct 2026
31
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 57% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.9 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Dec 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Christian Saborio8mo ago
The free version does what it says…i was amazed on easy it was to configure…the feature to remove things individually helps to make sure you don’t nuke notices that are important for your users – love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ texofant11mo ago
Are you kidding me??I installed this plugin to get rid of stupid advertising in my admin panel, and now THIS PLUGIN SPAMS ME WITH ADVERTISING??
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ svijany11mo ago
This plugin adds random ‘recommendation’ notices throughout the admin area of the site along with a panel in the dashboard. Garbage – avoid.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Laset12mo ago
замість того щоб вимикати лишні сповіщення він додає свій блок зі спамом
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Celestial Petals1.3y ago
Is there going to be a fix for the security risk? “The Disable Admin Notices individually plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.”
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KingDingbat1.6y ago
Have tried using this on multiple sites for many months. It just plain doesn’t work. There is a red “Hide for me” button on notices, but they always come back no matter how many times you hide them. This plugin is useless. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by KingDingbat.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ollin1.6y ago
На работающем сайте, все обновления установлены, при попытке отключить плагин, система блокирует доступ в админку. Помогает только восстановление из резервной копии
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WPWarrior1.6y ago
As of 3-27-2025 The Plugin “Disable Admin Notices Individually” has a security vulnerability.Type: Plugin Vulnerable
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2026-10-28 Version 1.4.9 Updated dependencies 1.4.9
- 2026-09-14 Version 1.4.8 Fixed admin screens crashing when a notice callback is unavailable. Updated dependencies 1.4.8
- 2026-07-29 Version 1.4.7 Updated dependencies 1.4.7
- 2026-07-24 Version 1.4.6 Fixed an issue where admin bar items you chose to hide were still visible when viewing the sites frontend. Updated dependencies Enhanced security 1.4.6
- 2026-05-25 Version 1.4.5 Updated dependencies 1.4.5
- 2026-04-09 Version 1.4.4 Updated dependencies 1.4.4
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.4.9). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 22 languages, 8 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Disable admin notices and hide dashboard notifications from plugins, themes and core. Hide all notices, sel..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,080 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "dismiss notices", "hide admin notices" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-11-29 90K+ → 100K+ up after 224 days in tier
- 2021-04-19 80K+ → 90K+ up after 128 days in tier
- 2020-12-12 70K+ → 80K+ up after 120 days in tier
- 2020-08-14 60K+ → 70K+ up after 102 days in tier
- 2020-05-04 40K+ → 60K+ up after 114 days in tier
- 2020-01-11 30K+ → 40K+ up after 144 days in tier
- 2019-08-20 10K+ → 30K+ up after 308 days in tier
- 2018-10-16 900+ → 10K+ up after 187 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Notice Vault – Hide, Manage & Organize Admin Notices 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 5 shared tags B -
SparkElevate Notice Control – Snooze and Hide Admin Notices — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Admin Notices Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Ingenio Notice Inbox – Hide Admin Notices & Dashboard Notifications 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP Notification Center 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Growl 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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