ABD Dashboard Widget Manager
by abdwebdesign · Admin & Utilities
Customize your WordPress administrator dashboard. You can choose which admin widgets to display, the user roles, and add your own dashboard content.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
-1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin dashboard”, “admin widgets” and “custom dashboard” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 13K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2013-04-18The single review here is happy, from a user who says it simplifies the client dashboard and makes documentation easy to keep updated.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4466 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4466 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| admin widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin dashboard”, “admin widgets” and “custom dashboard” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 233 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.5y ago
latest release · v1.01 · 18 Apr 2013
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ abdwebdesign13.5y ago
This solves the problem that I’ve had for my clients. I needed a way to simplify the admin dashboard and provide tailored, and easy-to-update, documentation for them. Please download and enjoy!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customize your WordPress administrator dashboard. You can choose which admin widgets to display, the user r..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 645 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom dashboard", "widget manager" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-08 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-05 300+ → 400+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2025-10-18 400+ → 300+ down after 301 days in tier
- 2024-12-21 500+ → 400+ down after 171 days in tier
- 2024-07-03 600+ → 500+ down after 480 days in tier
- 2023-03-11 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-03-07 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-06 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
AGCA – Custom Dashboard & Login Page 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
White Label – WordPress Custom Admin, Custom Login Page, and Custom Dashboard 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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