Mu Manager vs Admin CSS MU

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

Mu Manager

by Jose Mortellaro

Health A86

Admin CSS MU

by Arun Basil Lal

Health C61

Active-install trajectory

Mu Manager Admin CSS MU

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	Mu Manager	Admin CSS MU
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+29% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	C · 61
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	34/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.34★ ✓
Reviews	7	26 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	79/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	1.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	220	538 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Mu Manager Admin CSS MU

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.