Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins vs Disable Toolbar

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

Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins

by Andrew Lima

Health A86

Disable Toolbar

by Michael Dance

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins Disable Toolbar

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 Non-Admins	Disable Toolbar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.21★	4.48★ ✓
Reviews	30 ✓	17
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100 ✓	44/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	16d ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	908 ✓	155
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 Non-Admins Disable Toolbar

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.