EX-31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.

I, Anthony Sfarra, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of the Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C44 (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

Trimont LLC, as Master Servicer on and after March 1, 2025, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian, Trimont LLC, as Primary Servicer for the Airport Business Center Mortgage Loan on and after March 1, 2025, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Airport Business Center Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Airport Business Center Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Airport Business Center Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., as Servicing Function Participant for the Airport Business Center Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the Airport Business Center Mortgage Loan, Trimont LLC, as Primary Servicer for the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan on and after March 1, 2025, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan, Trimont LLC, as Primary Servicer for the 181 Fremont Street Mortgage Loan on and after March 1, 2025, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the 181 Fremont Street Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 181 Fremont Street Mortgage Loan, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the 181 Fremont Street Mortgage Loan, CoreLogic Solutions, LLC., as Servicing Function Participant for the 181 Fremont Street Mortgage Loan, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian for the 181 Fremont Street Mortgage Loan.

Dated: March 18, 2026

/s/ Anthony Sfarra

Anthony Sfarra

President

(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C44 10-K