Hide Admin Notices
by PontetLabs · Admin & Utilities
Hide – or show – WordPress Dashboard Notices, Messages, Update Nags etc. ... for everything!
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
+41%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “hide admin notices”, “hide admin notifications” and “hide dashboard notices” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
52 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →14%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 144.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 987 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 987 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hide updates nags your tag | #17 | #19 | down 1 |
| hide nags | #20 | #18 | down 4 |
| hide admin notices your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide admin notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide dashboard notices your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide dashboard notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “hide admin notices”, “hide admin notifications” and “hide dashboard notices” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 19.3K · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.7y ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 18 Feb 2024
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 54% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Jul 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jburg33336mo ago
Very happy to avoid some overly intrusive banners. I hope they update it soon. Excellent work!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KingDingbat1.6y ago
Does not hide notices and does not add “Show notices” tab. I think it’s abandoned.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thecreator012.4y ago
I really like this plugin and it works well.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ qgrobler2.6y ago
Nice clean interface now.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ frantem3.5y ago
Woocommerce has set an administrator notification on all pages that says that the menu item has been moved to me and I click the button below to complete the process, which does not happen, the notice does not disappear, the setting does not take place. I can’t hide this notification with Hide admin notice… by editing the PHP code… by editing the CSS code… and WordPress doesn’t see the error… so I have to wait 30 seconds after every page load for the empty admin notice to load 😀 Awesome
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ferrarimartin823.5y ago
So far, the best plugin of its kind. I’ve tried several others that promise a lot, but don’t work quite right (most don’t block ALL notifications). This one does. It’s effective and simple.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brasofilo3.6y ago
Nowadays, everybody thinks their plugin deserves an admin notice publicity spot. Indeed they do, folks are offering free tools and everybody has to put food on their tables. That said, depending on how many plugins we have installed, we can have 4, 5 or more notices polluting the dashboard making for a terrible user experience. Some of them reach like 400px height. It’s a mess. The solution offered by PontetLabs is so good that I think it should be incorporated into the WordPress core. Very well done, thanks a lot!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jan Barbořík3.6y ago
I like this tiny plugin more and more. Usefull and simple.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.1.0 Report form update. 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.0 Major rewrite! Prevent the flash of notices appearing on page load. Prevent notices that are “hidden” by default from being shown in the Hide Admin Notices panel. Hide the “Show Notices” tab when other Screen Options tab 2.0.0
- — Version 1.2.3 WP 6.4 compatibility 1.2.3
- — Version 1.2.2 Excluding WP default update notices 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Donate link update 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 New PontetLabs brand WP 5.9 compatibility Translations for Russian, German, Japanese, Spanish & Italian Mobile support 1.2.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 9 languages, 6 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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide – or show – WordPress Dashboard Notices, Messages, Update Nags etc. ... for everything!"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 992 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("hide admin notifications", "hide dashboard notices", "hide dashboard notifications", "hide updates nags" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-08 30K+ → 20K+ down after 579 days in tier
- 2024-07-09 20K+ → 30K+ up after 570 days in tier
- 2022-12-17 10K+ → 20K+ up after 171 days in tier
- 2022-06-29 9K+ → 10K+ up after 103 days in tier
- 2022-03-18 3K+ → 9K+ up
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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Disable Admin Dashboard Notices – Get a distraction free WordPress backend 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 5 shared tags D -
Hide Dashboard Notifications 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Notices Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Notice Vault – Hide, Manage & Organize Admin Notices 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
DevDome Admin Cleaner: Remove Dashboard Widgets and Hide Menu Items 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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