Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard… vs Disable WordPress Update Notifications… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard…
100K+ active installs
Free
Disable WordPress Update Notifications…
10K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard… has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 348 reviews) and leads in active installations (100K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard… has accumulated 1.4M+ total downloads while Disable WordPress Update Notifications… has 77K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard… | Disable WordPress Update Notifications… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ◄ | 4.4/5 |
| Total Reviews | 348 | ◄ | 18 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 1.4M+ | ◄ | 77K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 month ago | ◄ | 9 months ago |
| First Released | 2018 | 2016 | |
| Age | 8 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.6+ | 5.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.4.3 | 2.4.2 |
Rating Breakdown
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Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard… averaged approximately 553 daily downloads while Disable WordPress Update Notifications… averaged 25.
Recent Reviews
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard… Reviews
Works perfectly, ignore 1 star reviews
The free version does what it says…i was amazed on easy it was to configure…the feature to remove things individually helps to make sure you don’t nuke notices that are important for your users – love
Anti Spam Software spams you
Are you kidding me??I installed this plugin to get rid of stupid advertising in my admin panel, and now THIS PLUGIN SPAMS ME WITH ADVERTISING??
Adds more notices than it removes
This plugin adds random ‘recommendation’ notices throughout the admin area of the site along with a panel in the dashboard. Garbage – avoid.
Disable WordPress Update Notifications… Reviews
Does not work as advertised…
Blocks ALL updates – not notifications. I just installed this on a ton of sites on a very slow server. Now I have to go back and uninstall it to get updates working again. Waste of time.
Thank you!
Thank you fo taking the time to make this happen.
Blocked User Notifications Too
I mean, yes it disables annoying notifications. The problems is it blocked all my new user notifications as well, so that when I added a new user, they never received the email. Couldn’t find any sett
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