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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide 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 “hide notifications”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 2 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

Hide WP Admin Notifications shows at wp.org #3 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 20 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

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 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 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #1 2 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #2 ↑2 3 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 OneSignal – Web Push Notifications 60K+ · 4.3★ (360) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #14 ↓3 9 too low 6 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #13 ↑6 7 too low 7 WPFront Notification Bar 40K+ · 4.5★ (131) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Notification for Telegram 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #11 ↑2 3 too low 9 WC Hide Shipping Methods 20K+ · 4.2★ (44) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #19 ↑2 9 too low 11 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #6 ↑1 6 too high 13 Hide Dashboard Notifications 20K+ · 3.9★ (33) wp.org #7 ↓1 6 too high 14 Web Push Notifications – Webpushr 10K+ · 4.7★ (63) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #22 ↓4 6 too low 17 Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress 8K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too low 18 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 7K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #16 ↓2 4 too high 21 Disable WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 Easy Notification Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #20 ↑2 2 too high 23 Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↓1 20 too high 24 WPC Added To Cart Notification for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #24

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.