Maestro: The Inline Admin Menu Editor vs Uplink Admin Menu Manager

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

Maestro: The Inline Admin Menu Editor

by Dan Knauss

Health B83

Uplink Admin Menu Manager

by Stephen Walker

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Maestro: The Inline Admin Menu EditorUplink Admin Menu Manager

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	Maestro: The Inline Admin Menu Editor	Uplink Admin Menu Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	50–60 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+200% ✓	+67%
Overall health	B · 83	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	1	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago ✓	9d ago
Downloads · 30d	377	1.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.9%	3.1% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Maestro: The Inline Admin Menu EditorUplink Admin Menu Manager

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.