Adjust Admin Categories
by Masahiro NAKASHIMA · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 9 other plugins · 53.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Installing this plugin allows you to adjust the behavior of the area below the posts screen category and custom taxonomy box.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10K+
≈19K estimated
Momentum
+101%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin” and “category” 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.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →13%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 75.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.0.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 4 reviews to 2021-03-30Reviewers are happy, thanking the developer for solving WordPress's default category checkbox behaviour, with a couple asking for extras like collapsible hierarchies and category exclusions.
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 1587 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.0; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1587 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 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin” and “category” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
4.3y ago
latest release · v2.2.6 · 27 Jun 2022
24
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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ luckyfella735.6y ago
Thanks for this nice feature! Would be even better if we could exclude categories from being affected to prevent the default category (coming with WordPress) from unnecessarily being displayed. Not meant as criticism – just an idea maybe for future versions 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ simongendrin7.3y ago
WHat the **ck the checkbox by default in hierachy taxonomy is buggy!! Even the last wordpress 5.2.2 is still buggy ! Thanks for this plugins to help me resolve it and add features as set a radio to a taxonomy. This topic was modified 7 years ago by simongendrin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nuriarai7.5y ago
It will be the best if also made the category hierarchy collapsible.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shimura12.0y ago
Thanks for developing this.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.2.0 2.2.0
- — Version 2.1.0 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.0 2.0.0
- — Version 1.2.0 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.9 1.1.8 – 3 December 2015 Merged “quick edit problem” Thanks! katanyan. 1.1.7 – 3 December 2015 Merged “If parent category has no children, not make it unselectable.” Thanks! saillmone. 1.1.1 – November 8, 2014 For custom 1.1.9
- — Version 1.0.1 1.0.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Installing this plugin allows you to adjust the behavior of the area below the posts screen category and cu..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 258 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "admin" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-08-17 9K+ → 10K+ up after 92 days in tier
- 2021-05-17 8K+ → 9K+ up after 111 days in tier
- 2021-01-26 7K+ → 8K+ up after 219 days in tier
- 2020-06-21 6K+ → 7K+ up after 338 days in tier
- 2019-07-19 2K+ → 6K+ up after 763 days in tier
- 2017-06-16 1K+ → 2K+ up after 315 days in tier
- 2016-08-05 600+ → 1K+ up after 246 days in tier
- 2015-12-03 400+ → 600+ up after 75 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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Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B - A Admin Bar Position 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Taxonomy Filter 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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