WP Notification Center
by Barry Kooij · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 51.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a notification center to WordPress, no more pages that are cluttered with notifications.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin notices”, “notice” and “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.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 29.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 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
45/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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 1163 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.1★ over 18 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| notificaton your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| admin notices your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notice your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notices your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search 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
- “admin notices”, “notice” and “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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 213 · 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
3.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 25 Aug 2023
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ michacassola7.3y ago
The notifications on the backend pages are not hidden, so it actually adds more clutter.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MKM7.4y ago
This plugin doesn’t actually hide the messages, it just adds a notification dropdown in the top bar. I’d love to give it 5 stars if it would remove the messages on the pages and allow actions in the notification dropdown.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fm202017.4y ago
This plugin doesn’t disable any of notifications, plus, it adds a tab to collect all the notifications!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bluebunny7.6y ago
I feel like I am in control again of my backend! Awesome tool!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ haleeben9.6y ago
If you have a lot of plugins the admin can get overrun with admin notices, this plugin cleans things up nicely. Thank You
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ con10.2y ago
Best way to bulk remove the annoying notifications in a multisite environment. Network activate and enjoy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hurri50010.2y ago
This works great! For too long those nag messages have been so annoying… and more and more we are not able to dismiss them at all. At last we can clean up the top of our admin area. I’m definitely in favour of being able to dismiss those notices as well.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Elzette Roelofse10.3y ago
Polluted WP Admin seems to be a hot topic at the mo. This plugin does the trick, keeping things tidy in the admin and avoid scaring off clients or getting panic emails from them.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a notification center to WordPress, no more pages that are cluttered with notifications."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 281 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", "notice", "notices", "notificaton" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-03-02 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-02-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-02-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-02-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 976 days in tier
- 2020-06-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1441 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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Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Admin Notices Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide All Notices 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Notice Vault – Hide, Manage & Organize Admin Notices 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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