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Admin Bar Edit Content Links

by Brett Shumaker · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 1 other plugin · 3.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

A simple plugin that adds a drop down list of post types to the admin bar.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 6.0.14.

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.

48 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 8/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1515 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+12% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

74

now · peak 96

7430d downloads · Aug 26

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

Admin Bar Edit Conte · #10886 you WP-PageNavi · #131 Post Type Switcher · #270 Simple Page Ordering · #298

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

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.

247per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

4.2y ago

latest release · v1.4.2.1

12

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.2.1 · 4.2y ago1.4.2 · 9.7y ago1.4.1.1 · 10.4y ago1.4.1 · 10.4y ago1.4.0 · 10.9y ago1.1.1 · 11.3y ago1.1.0 · 11.3y ago1.04 · 11.5y ago1.03 · 12.7y ago1.02 · 12.7y ago1.01 · 12.7y ago1.0 · 12.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈390

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

Install history · since 2015-08-17 · 1,389 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.4.2.1
Last updated
4.2y ago
Added
2013-12-10 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
6.0.14
Requires PHP

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 7 reviews to 2021-07-26
Positive PraiseFeature requestsCompatibility

Reviewers call it a real time saver and keep asking why it isn't in core, with smaller asks around private pages and custom post types.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. MZed
    5.1y ago

    <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>A really time saver feature !<br>Why this is not natively included in WP?<br>Why the natural way to access editing it’s not like this?<br>So please, come back to your plugin development !<br></p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 4 years, 12 months ago by MZed. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by MZed.

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  2. not3not4
    8.7y ago

    I love this! Simple, effective, very clean. Saves so much time, wish this were part of WordPress core!

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  3. meterman
    10.1y ago

    Switching between pages while editing was driving me crazy, this is great! Why isn’t this function a standard part of the tool bar? Just one thought: If a page is set to “private” visibility it does not show in the drop-down menu. A minor thing for me, but perhaps there’s a way to fix it?

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  4. delphineous
    10.7y ago

    This plugin is simple and works, but it only works with standard WordPress content. It does not allow custom links and custom content types.

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  5. Avi_Lambert
    11.4y ago

    Downloaded on a production site with fngers crossed (was concerned about js conflicts). Works like a charm. A much needed tool for making edits on large sites. Great job Brett!

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  6. alexpatin
    12.7y ago

    I’ve started including this plugin in every client site I build. Instead of having to click / hover over Dashboard and then Pages, you can just choose which page you want to edit quickly! Also, since it’s in the Admin bar, it’s really easy to tell clients where it is, so they too can quickly make changes to their page content.

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  7. Brett Shumaker
    12.7y ago

    I know this is my plugin, but seriously guys…if you always have to edit content on your or your clients’ website, you need this plugin. I really hated having to click “Pages” in the sidebar, wait for that page to load and then find the page I wanted to edit so I built this plugin. I passed it around at work and it made it’s way into our must-use plugins for all of our websites. So check it out and please give it a review. Thanks!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-09-12 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2024-09-11 300+ → 400+ up after 24 days in tier
  3. 2024-08-18 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2024-08-16 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-15 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-08-14 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-08-13 400+ → 300+ down after 11 days in tier
  8. 2024-08-02 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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