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AboveWP Admin Dark Mode

by AboveWP · Admin & Utilities

Toggle between light and dark modes in your WordPress admin area with multiple themes, scheduling, and advanced customization options.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
81 Health · B
Maintenance 93/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

81 health vs 54 average across 2,263 Admin & Utilities plugins

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2025-04-29 · 444 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-39% vs prior 30d
Apr 25
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

98

now · peak 244

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

AboveWP Admin Dark M · #17453 WP Dark Mode · #1244 Dark Mode for WP Das · #4465 Dark Mode Toggle · #4728

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “80+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈87

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 24 days.

Install history · since 2025-04-29 · 442 observations

Details

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2025-04-29 · 1 yr on WP
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
  2. 2026-06-19 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in band
  3. 2026-06-13 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
  4. 2026-06-10 80+ → 90+ up after 17 days in band
  5. 2026-05-24 70+ → 80+ up after 10 days in band
  6. 2026-05-14 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
  7. 2026-05-11 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in band
  8. 2026-05-07 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in band

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AboveWP Admin Dark Mode: 80+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/abovewp-admin-dark-mode