Hide Admin Bar From Front End vs Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

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

Hide Admin Bar From Front End

by Aftab Husain

Health D45

Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

by Subodh Ghulaxe

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Hide Admin Bar From Front End Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

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	Hide Admin Bar From Front End	Hide Admin Bar For User Roles
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 52 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	22/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	5 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	62/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	4.1y ago	2.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	183 ✓	103
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 From Front End Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

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.