Admin Bar Login vs Theme My Login

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

Admin Bar Login

by scribu

Health B81

Theme My Login

by Jeff Farthing

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Admin Bar LoginTheme My Login

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 Login	Theme My Login
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 81	B · 81
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	85/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	67/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	7	460 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	22d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	130	57K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	1.1% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Admin Bar LoginTheme My Login

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.