WP Custom Admin Interface vs Admin Menu Editor

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

WP Custom Admin Interface

by Northern Beaches Websites

Health B84

Admin Menu Editor

by Janis Elsts

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

WP Custom Admin Interface 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	WP Custom Admin Interface	Admin Menu Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	B · 84	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	85/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100 ✓	91/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.63★ ✓	4.61★
Reviews	160	312 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.0K	171.2K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

WP Custom Admin Interface 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.