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

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 notifications”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Hide WP Admin Notifications shows at wp.org #2 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 184 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. 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 #3 1 too low 3 OneSignal – Web Push Notifications 60K+ · 4.3★ (360) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too low 5 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Web Push Notifications – Webpushr 10K+ · 4.7★ (63) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ · 4.8★ (56) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 WP Custom Admin Interface 30K+ · 4.7★ (160) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 7K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 WPFront Notification Bar 40K+ · 4.5★ (131) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too low 11 Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #23 ↓8 11 too low 13 PiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce 40K+ · 4.1★ (29) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 Admin Notices Manager 10K+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Notification for Telegram 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #22 ↑1 7 too low 16 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #24 ↓2 8 too low 17 Disable User Password Reset Admin Notifications 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 11 too high 18 All In One Login 60K+ · 3.6★ (35) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 17 too high 20 Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar 3K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too high 21 Simple Login Notification 2K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too high 22 Disable WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too high 23 CiviCRM Admin Utilities 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 Protect Admin 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 3 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.