SMNTCS Utilities
by Niels Lange · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 22 other plugins · 19.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hides upsell ads and notices that popular plugins add to the WordPress admin area.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin notices” and “bloat” for “utilities” and “utility”. “admin notices” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “utilities” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bloat” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “utility” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 4.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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 3 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
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 34 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| utilities | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| utility | #22 | #24 | down 4 |
| remove bloat | #22 | #24 | up 1 |
| admin notices your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bloat your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| clean admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove ads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| upsell your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin notices” and “bloat” for “utilities” and “utility”. “admin notices” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “utilities” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bloat” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “utility” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 174 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v2.5 · 27 Sep 2026
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Nikolai Graf-Rüssel7.4y ago
I really like less ads.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 3 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
2 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hides upsell ads and notices that popular plugins add to the WordPress admin area."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Yoast, Jetpack.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 295 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Admin notices", "bloat", "clean admin", "remove ads" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Notifications Hider — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
FunnelKit – Funnel Builder Plugin for WooCommerce Checkout 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Everything 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Notices Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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