Hide Dashboard Notifications

71 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

With 20,000 active installs it is a mid-tier utility, well behind the leading alternative at 100,000 but ahead of smaller competitors.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance scores perfectly: the last update was logged the same day as this assessment (2026-03-30), indicating active stewardship.

User Rating

12/15

A 78 out of 100 from 33 reviewers is a decent but not exceptional rating, suggesting most users are satisfied though a meaningful minority are not.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is poor with zero threads and zero resolutions, which means either the plugin rarely breaks or there is no visible support channel.

WP Compatibility

8/15

Compatibility is moderate: tested on WordPress 6.7.5 and works back to 3.0, but no PHP requirement is stated, which can be a concern on older stacks.

Scores higher than 25% of indexed plugins

About

Warnings and notices can be helpful for developers as they notify them for debugging issues with their code. Though these notices can be sometimes inf …

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.9/5

Last Updated 2026-03-30 1:13pm GMT

Requires WordPress 3.0+

Tested Up To 6.7.7

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: June 20, 2024

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What It Does

Hide Dashboard Notifications removes WordPress admin notices, nags, and plugin update prompts from the dashboard view for all users in defined roles. Once activated, the typical clutter of warnings, update reminders, and third-party plugin upsells no longer appears in wp-admin. It is a single-purpose utility aimed at a cleaner backend experience.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for agencies, freelancers, and hosting providers that hand off client dashboards where admin notices create confusion or visual noise. It also fits multisite networks that want consistent backend branding, and non-technical site owners who should not be making decisions based on raw PHP warnings or plugin pitches.

Who Should Skip It

Developers who rely on PHP warnings and admin notices for debugging or plugin/theme troubleshooting should skip this plugin, since hiding notices can mask serious errors. Sites with only one technical owner also have little need to suppress a dashboard that nobody else sees.

The Bottom Line

Hide Dashboard Notifications is a lean, recently maintained plugin that does one job and does it well enough for client-facing environments. With 20,000 installs, a 70.96 quality score, and zero public support traffic, it is a reasonable but not standout choice, and Disable Admin Notices is the safer default unless you specifically need this plugin's behaviour.

Pick this alternative if you want a far larger user base (100,000 installs) and a higher overall score of 83.99, indicating more battle-tested code and broader community feedback.

Admin Notices Manager 80/100

Pick this alternative if you need per-user or per-role control over which notices stay visible, since a manager typically offers granular toggling that this simpler hide-everything plugin lacks.