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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “remove 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 “remove notifications”, 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

Disable WP Notification shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 12 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 #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 1199 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OneSignal – Web Push Notifications 60K+ · 4.3★ (360) wp.org #1 2 Remove Dashboard Access 30K+ · 4.6★ (78) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Web Push Notifications – Webpushr 10K+ · 4.7★ (63) wp.org #4 5 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #7 ↑3 2 too low 6 Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 8K+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 PiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce 40K+ · 4.1★ (29) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5210) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Notification for Telegram 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too high 13 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (808) wp.org #13 14 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (398) wp.org #16 ↑6 2 too low 15 Limit Login Attempts Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA, Firewall & Login Security 1M+ · 4.8★ (1489) wp.org #19 ↑4 4 too low 16 Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445) wp.org #23 ↓6 7 too low 17 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications 5K+ · 4.7★ (439) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Notivo Notification for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.3★ (80) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Disable WP Notification 10K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #8 ↓1 11 too high 20 Perfecty Push Notifications 3K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Easy Notification Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too high 22 Notifications on Discord for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Texty – SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, Dokan and more 7K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 ChaChing – New Order Notifications for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↑2 2 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.