Material Admin Theme vs Tamed Admin Theme

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

Material Admin Theme

by chmln

Health D49

Tamed Admin Theme

by lucawater

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Material Admin Theme Tamed Admin Theme

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	Material Admin Theme	Tamed Admin Theme
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.45★ ✓	4.12★
Reviews	12 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.4y ago ✓	10.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	128 ✓	49
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Material Admin Theme Tamed Admin Theme

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.