Admin Bar Color
by Eduardo Zulian · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 170+ installs across the portfolio →
Use your favorite Dashboard color scheme on the front end admin bar.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈44 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin bar”, “color scheme” and “toolbar” 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 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 7.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 7 reviews to 2015-11-20Reviewers call it a handy set-and-forget plugin that just works after activation, with one asking for custom colors for logged-out users.
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 4023 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4023 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 bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| color scheme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| toolbar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin bar”, “color scheme” and “toolbar” 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 83 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
11.0y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 27 Oct 2015
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 43% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 195 days.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mantismamita11.0y ago
Very handy little plugin. Thank you 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ducktales12.8y ago
A while back it didn’t work well, but now it is doing great! Just install and activate and the plugin does its magic.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gravitylover12.8y ago
Install, activate and go!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Patrick Whitty-Clarke12.8y ago
Also compatible with admin-color-scheme-generator
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flexinoodle12.8y ago
If you could add the option that allowed you to set custom colors for the admin bar for people who are not logged in (Admin bar always visible) then you would have a 5 star plugin 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ John Blackbourn12.8y ago
Does what it says on the tin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brashell12.8y ago
Works as it says, even operates with my custom dashboard colors. Props to you for the nice work!
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
1 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 762 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-27 30+ → 40+ up after 174 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 30+ down after 218 days in tier
- 2025-04-30 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-29 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-04-26 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-25 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-04-20 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-18 40+ → 50+ up after 8 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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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bricks Navigator 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - A Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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