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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disable notices”

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 “disable notices”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 3 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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 #5 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 12 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

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 8869 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #1 2 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668) wp.org #7 ↑3 3 too low 5 Disable All WordPress Updates 20K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too low 7 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+ · 4.8★ (3236) wp.org #13 ↓2 5 too low 9 Disable WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 too high 10 Easy Updates Manager 300K+ · 4.8★ (726) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too low 11 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #12 ↓5 1 too low 12 Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ · 4.9★ (8869) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Cart Notices for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #19 ↓4 5 too low 15 Disable Blog 20K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #10 ↓4 5 too high 16 Disable XML-RPC-API 100K+ · 4.2★ (43) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Unnotifier — disable admin notices individually 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 ↓1 12 too high 18 Featherweight 10K+ · 4.1★ (45) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Disable Updates – Updates Manager, Disable Automatic Updates, Disable All Updates 9K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #20 ↓3 21 Popups for WooCommerce: Add to Cart, Checkout & More 2K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 WPS Notice Center 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 ↓4 1 too low 23 WP Disables Updates 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓3 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.