Sticky Postbox vs Remove Dashboard Access

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

Sticky Postbox

by Enrico Sorcinelli

Health B80

Remove Dashboard Access

by TrustedLogin

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Sticky Postbox Remove Dashboard Access

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	Sticky Postbox	Remove Dashboard Access
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 80	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	99/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	0	78 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	87	4.3K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Sticky Postbox Remove Dashboard Access

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.