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Admin CSS MU

by Arun Basil Lal · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 3 other plugins · 110.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add custom CSS to style the WordPress Admin. Works with Multisites.

⚠ Stale
How scoring works →
61 Health · C
Maintenance 34/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

61 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

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.

79 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 42/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 628 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

+35% vs prior 30d
12Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

541

now · peak 7.6K

53830d 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 CSS MU · #1633 you Loginizer · #46 Redux Framework · #70 Admin Menu Editor · #159

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · 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.

54per 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

2.9y ago

latest release · v2.10

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.10 · 2.9y ago2.9 · 3.3y ago2.8 · 3.6y ago2.7 · 3.9y ago2.6 · 5.3y ago2.5 · 8.6y ago2.4 · 9.0y ago2.3 · 9.0y ago2.2 · 9.7y ago2.1 · 10.4y ago1.01 · 10.4y ago2.0 · 10.4y ago1 · 10.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.10 85%
v2.5 5.4%
Older / other versions 9.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-03-18 · 1,436 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
2.10
Last updated
1.7y ago
Added
2012-06-26 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 12 reviews to 2024-03-22
Positive PraiseFeature requestsCompatibility

Reviewers say it does exactly one job well, adding custom CSS to the admin, with a couple noting it can't handle media queries or multiple selectors and asking for an update for newer WordPress and PHP.

Recent reviews

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  1. hirenwebs
    2.4y ago

    This plugin helped me to enable table columns in device mode. Good plugin to use it.

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  2. Jimmy Lee
    2.5y ago

    Exactly what I needed! Thanks so much!

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  3. tlcpllechlak
    2.8y ago

    Thank you!

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  4. tokach
    2.9y ago

    It do simple css but can’t handle media queries or multiple selectors. Better it simply add styles than making them pretty, I bet tidying is messing all

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  5. Mara-z
    2.9y ago

    Works great. Thank you.

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  6. mikguel
    2.9y ago

    Works perfectly, thanks! good job!

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  7. Sean
    3.0y ago

    All I needed to do was add some custom css to display the WPML language switcher in wp-admin on mobile: #wp-admin-bar-WPML_ALS { display: block!important; } Now the plugin repository notes that this plugin has not been tested with the latest version of WP, but I am using it on 6.3 and also php 8.1 and it seems to be fine.

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  8. laserstore
    3.5y ago

    A very simple method for add a css custom in admin panel. Very good!

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.10 Date: 04.October.2023 Tested with WordPress 6.3.1 Enhancement: Added compatibility with PHP 8.x 2.10
  2. Version 2.9 Date: 16.May.2023 Tested on WordPress 6.2 Enhancement: Added support for justify-content . align-items , and flex-wrap in CSSTidy. 2.9
  3. Version 2.8 Date: 9.February.2023 Tested on WordPress 6.1.1 Enhancement: Added support for flex-direction in CSSTidy. 2.8
  4. Version 2.7 Date: 19.October.2022 Tested on WordPress 6.0.3. Security Fix: Deleted unwanted files in CSSTidy. Thanks Darius from Patchstack for the heads up. 2.7
  5. Version 2.6 Date: 17.May.2021 Tested on WordPress 5.7.2 Updated CSSTidy to 1.7.3 Added support for CSS properties grid-gap and grid-template-columns. Fix PHP warning: PHP Warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break” 2.6
  6. Version 2.5 Date: 18.January.2018 Added support for PHP version lesser than PHP 5.5 Updated text domain. For plugins, text domain should be the slug which is admin-css-mu in this case Tested with WordPress 4.9.2 2.5

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2023-03-03 CVE-2022-40700 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 2.6 Patched in 2.7

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Dutch (Belgium) 100%
Russian 100%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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