Delete Delete Site vs Remove admin menus by role

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

Delete Delete Site

by Ryan Hellyer

Health D45

Remove admin menus by role

by manu225

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Delete Delete Site Remove admin menus by role

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	Delete Delete Site	Remove admin menus by role
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.15★ ✓
Reviews	2	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.7y ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	30	773 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Delete Delete Site Remove admin menus by role

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.