Admin Bar Fix
by kubiq · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 126K+ installs across the portfolio →
Fix broken layout when too many items are displayed in the admin bar, remove annoying top margin, hide some unnecessary items from your admin bar
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Health
B 71/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈500 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “fix”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
71 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.9%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 5.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2022-08-26Both reviewers call it a lightweight, well-made admin bar hider, with one saying its ghost mode beats the alternatives they tried.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 336 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
26
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| adminbar your tag | #10 | #16 | down 2 |
| fix your tag | #14 | #22 | down 1 |
| admin bar | #21 | #23 | down 5 |
| adjustment your tag | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| hide admin bar | #20 | #24 | down 3 |
| hide admin bar by roles | #21 | #23 | down 2 |
| show and hide admin bar | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| remove admin bar | #22 | #24 | down 6 |
| wordpress hide admin bar | #24 | #24 | — |
| remove bar | #23 | #23 | — |
| enhancement your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| margin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “fix”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “enhancement” and “margin” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 420 · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v2.5 · 1 Dec 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 500.
At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 228 days.
Install history since 23 Jul 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cvladan4.2y ago
Nice little admin bar “hider” with really useful toolbar tweaks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ morvy4.3y ago
This is the best lightweight admin bar fixer I’ve tried (and since Better Admin Bar changed the core behaviour I tested like 10 similar plugins). It is even better than original Better Admin Bar, now when I have “ghost mode” on and leave the admin bar, it remains open for a little while, which is great when you have plugins like Query Monitor and Laps and you need to interact with them.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Fix broken layout when too many items are displayed in the admin bar, remove annoying top margin, hide some..."
- ! 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 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 815 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("adjustment", "adminbar", "enhancement" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-02 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-11-01 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-31 500+ → 400+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-10-17 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-13 500+ → 400+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2026-09-04 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-03 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-02 400+ → 500+ up after 107 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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Better Admin Bar 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A - I Image Rotation Repair 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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Enable CORS 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
which template file 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Force Reinstall 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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