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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disable 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 “disable notifications”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Hide WP Admin Notifications shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 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

My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 1199 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. 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 WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #2 3 OneSignal – Web Push Notifications 60K+ · 4.3★ (360) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Disable All WordPress Updates 20K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #14 ↑4 8 too low 7 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #21 ↑1 12 too low 10 PiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce 40K+ · 4.1★ (29) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ · 4.8★ (56) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too low 13 Web Push Notifications – Webpushr 10K+ · 4.7★ (63) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 WPFront Notification Bar 40K+ · 4.5★ (131) wp.org #20 ↑1 6 too low 15 Notification for Telegram 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Disable XML-RPC-API 100K+ · 4.2★ (43) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 Disable Email Notifications for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.9★ (17) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes 9K+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Disable User Password Reset Admin Notifications 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar 3K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too high 21 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too high 22 Disable Updates – Updates Manager, Disable Automatic Updates, Disable All Updates 9K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too high 24 Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 12 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.