Hide Admin Bar For User Roles vs Admin Bar Hide

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

Health D51

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Hide Admin Bar For User Roles moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hide Admin Bar For User Roles	Admin Bar Hide
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600 ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 51 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	19/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	—
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	56/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	2.4y ago ✓	7.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	192 ✓	48
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.5% ✓	0.2%
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 For User RolesAdmin Bar Hide

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.