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

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 notification”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Notification Master – Real-Time WordPress Notifications With Email, SMS, Webhooks & More shows at wp.org #9 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 1199 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 #2 1 too low 2 Disable WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ · 4.8★ (56) wp.org #3 4 WPFront Notification Bar 40K+ · 4.5★ (131) wp.org #4 5 Disable All WordPress Updates 20K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (124) wp.org #10 ↓2 4 too low 7 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #17 ↑4 10 too low 8 Notification for Telegram 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too low 9 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Disable XML-RPC-API 100K+ · 4.2★ (43) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 too low 15 Comment Reply Email Notification 3K+ · 4.8★ (33) wp.org #21 ↓1 6 too low 16 Simple Login Notification 2K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #13 ↓2 3 too high 17 HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign 9K+ · 4.2★ (38) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 PiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce 40K+ · 4.1★ (29) wp.org #23 ↑1 5 too low 19 Notification Master – Real-Time WordPress Notifications With Email, SMS, Webhooks & More 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 ↑1 10 too high 20 Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes 9K+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #12 ↑1 8 too high 21 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 Disable User Password Reset Admin Notifications 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 WPC Added To Cart Notification for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 10 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.