WP Hide Admin Bar vs Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

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

WP Hide Admin Bar

by P Roy

Health D45

Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

by Subodh Ghulaxe

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

WP Hide Admin Bar Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

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 Hide Admin Bar	Hide Admin Bar For User Roles
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 52 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	22/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	2 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	62/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	6.5y ago	2.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	82	97 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

WP Hide Admin Bar Hide Admin Bar For User Roles

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.