Personal Admin Footer vs Admin Menu Editor

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

Personal Admin Footer

by Shea Bunge

Health D46

Admin Menu Editor

by Janis Elsts

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Personal Admin Footer Admin Menu Editor

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	Personal Admin Footer	Admin Menu Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-25% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.61★ ✓
Reviews	3	312 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.8y ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	63	170.8K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Personal Admin Footer Admin Menu Editor

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.