Logged Out Admin Bar vs Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles

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

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 45 for Logged Out Admin Bar, led by lower removal risk.

Logged Out Admin Bar

by Peter Westwood

Health D45

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles

by Ankit Panchal

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Logged Out Admin Bar	Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 45	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	2	21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	26/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.7y ago	24d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	39	18.4K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	0%	+3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	2.3% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Logged Out Admin BarHide Admin Bar Based on 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.