wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide warnings”
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 warnings”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
WebberZone Link Warnings shows at wp.org #15 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 20+ 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
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 1281 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111)
wp.org #1 2 
Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373)
wp.org #2 ↑1 3 
WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275)
wp.org #3 ↓1 4 
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367)
wp.org #7 3 too low 5 
Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) thin reviews
wp.org #4 1 too high 6 
Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463)
wp.org #16 10 too low 7 
LWS Hide Login 20K+ · 4.7★ (12) thin reviews
wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 
Accessibility New Window Warnings 1K+ · 4.8★ (17) thin reviews
wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281)
wp.org #22 13 too low 10 
Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882)
wp.org #21 ↓4 11 too low 11 
Nav Menu Roles 70K+ · 4.9★ (219)
wp.org #20 9 too low 12 
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ · 4.1★ (29)
wp.org #8 4 too high 13 
Hide Tooltips on Hover – Clean Up Title Attributes Without Losing Accessibility 4K+ · 5.0★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #9 4 too high 14 
Hide Dashboard Notifications 20K+ · 3.9★ (33)
wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 
Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) thin reviews
wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16 
Hide Drafts in Menus 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) thin reviews
wp.org #10 6 too high 17 
Hide Admin Menu 10K+ · 4.9★ (13) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↓4 1 too low 18 
Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center 7K+ · 5.0★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too high 19 
Hide Price Until Login 1K+ · 3.5★ (24) thin reviews
wp.org #14 5 too high 20 
Hide Trackbacks 300+ · 4.7★ (6) thin reviews
wp.org #13 7 too high 21 
Jetpack Without Promotions 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) thin reviews
wp.org #24 ↓4 3 too low 22 
C3 Cloudfront Cache Controller 3K+ · 4.3★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #19 ↓3 3 too high 23 
WP Hide Show Featured Image 3K+ · 4.7★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓5 24 WebberZone Link Warnings 20+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #15 9 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.