Admin Dark Mode
by jtigerson · Admin & Utilities
Lets make the WordPress admin dashboard darker with one click.
44 health vs 62 average across 921 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2876 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
84
now · peak 173
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 199 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-07-13 30+ → 20+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-06-29 20+ → 30+ up after 28 days in band
- 2026-06-01 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-31 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-29 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-28 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-26 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Widget Disable 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Add Admin CSS 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Erident Custom Login and Dashboard 8K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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