Customize Admin vs Advanced CSS Editor

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

Customize Admin

by Johan van der Wijk

Health B82

Advanced CSS Editor

by Hardeep Asrani

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Customize Admin Advanced CSS Editor

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	Customize Admin	Advanced CSS Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K ✓	4K–5K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-20% ✓
Overall health	B · 82 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.81★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	5	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	41/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	7.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	640 ✓	301
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Customize Admin Advanced CSS Editor

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.