Auto Hide Admin Bar vs Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar

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

Auto Hide Admin Bar

by Marcel Bootsman

Health A89

Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar

by Purrly Digital

Health D48

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	Auto Hide Admin Bar	Remove/Hide Admin Toolbar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K ✓	600–700
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	D · 48
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	85/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.56★ ✓	4.35★
Reviews	32 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100 ✓	51/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	14d ago ✓	4.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.1K ✓	99
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.