MM Admin Bar Manager vs Hide Admin Toolbar

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

MM Admin Bar Manager

by Mehraz Morshed

Health B84

Hide Admin Toolbar

by Aftab Ali Muni

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

MM Admin Bar ManagerHide Admin 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	MM Admin Bar Manager	Hide Admin Toolbar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	D · 49
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	9/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	2	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	51/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	2.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	151	456 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	8.5% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

MM Admin Bar ManagerHide Admin 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.