Admin Bar Color
by Eduardo Zulian · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 180+ installs across the portfolio →
Use your favorite Dashboard color scheme on the front end admin bar.
47 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities plugins
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 10+ 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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3961 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
58
now · peak 83
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
10.9y ago
latest release · v1.2
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 101 days.
Install history · since 2015-03-22 · 1,388 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
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.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mantismamita10.8y ago
Very handy little plugin. Thank you 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ducktales12.6y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ gravitylover12.6y ago
Install, activate and go!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Patrick Whitty-Clarke12.6y ago
Also compatible with admin-color-scheme-generator
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flexinoodle12.6y 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 Blackbourn12.6y ago
Does what it says on the tin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brashell12.6y 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
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, Device or Page 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 4K+ 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 · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - D Disable Toolbar 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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