Admin Bar ID Menu vs Disable Admin Bar

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Admin Bar ID Menu

by efc

Health D43

Disable Admin Bar

by Ozh

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Admin Bar ID Menu	Disable Admin Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	800–900 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-11% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 46 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100 ✓	32/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	3.0y ago ✓	14.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	230 ✓	191
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	2.5% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.