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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “admin notice”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “admin notice”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Unnotifier — disable admin notices individually shows at wp.org #7 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Control, Admin Area Permissions places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 143 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #1 2 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #2 3 Admin Columns 100K+ · 4.9★ (1652) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Admin Notices Manager 10K+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 800K+ · 4.8★ (3026) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #9 ↑5 2 too low 8 CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+ · 4.8★ (3236) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Contact Form 7 10M+ · 4.0★ (2186) wp.org #12 ↑10 3 too low 10 Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 7K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #15 ↓6 4 too low 12 PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Control, Admin Area Permissions 90K+ · 4.7★ (143) wp.org #18 ↓7 6 too low 13 View Admin As 9K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #19 ↓1 6 too low 14 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #14 ↑1 15 WP Custom Admin Interface 30K+ · 4.7★ (160) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 F Featured Image Admin Thumb 20K+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #24 ↓1 8 too low 17 ATR Cookie Notice 1K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 WPS Notice Center 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 Simple Admin Language Change 10K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #22 ↓3 3 too low 20 Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus 3K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 Unnotifier — disable admin notices individually 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 14 too high 22 Notice Bar 700+ · 3.6★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 too low 23 Cookie Notice lite 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓4 2 too high 24 Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑1 13 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.