Disable Admin Bar vs Hide Admin Bar

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

Disable Admin Bar

by Ozh

Health D46

Hide Admin Bar

by David Vongries

Health B75

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	Disable Admin Bar	Hide Admin Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 75 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	71/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.30★ ✓
Reviews	3	30 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.7y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	133	1.5K ✓
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.