Hide This vs Controlled Admin Access

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

Hide This

by Andrés Villarreal

Health D52

Controlled Admin Access

by Waseem Senjer

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Hide This Controlled Admin Access

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 This	Controlled Admin Access
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 52	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	92/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.78★ ✓	4.63★
Reviews	49 ✓	45
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.5y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	175	5.7K ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

✓ 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.