Hide Admin Bar vs Hide Admin Bar

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

Hide Admin Bar

by Awais Altaf

Health D41

Hide Admin Bar

by David Vongries

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Hide Admin Bar	Hide Admin Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	B · 75 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	71/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.30★ ✓
Reviews	0	30 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.4y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	137	1.5K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Hide Admin Bar Hide Admin Bar

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.