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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide 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 “hide notices”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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 #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 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

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #10 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 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 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #2 3 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #3 4 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #7 ↑4 3 too low 5 Admin Notices Manager 10K+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Hide Dashboard Notifications 20K+ · 3.9★ (33) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 WC Hide Shipping Methods 20K+ · 4.2★ (44) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #21 ↓2 11 too low 11 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 7K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 20K+ · 3.9★ (20) wp.org #13 14 Hide Drafts in Menus 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #14 15 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 Hide from Search 3K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Sitewide Notice WP 3K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 Popups for WooCommerce: Add to Cart, Checkout & More 2K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #22 ↓1 4 too low 19 WPS Notice Center 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Unnotifier — disable admin notices individually 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 13 too high 24 Hide Author Archive 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 8 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.