Admin Restriction
by Barry Kooij · Uncategorized
Disables updating the WordPress Core plus plugin and theme installation, updating and removal for all users except the administrator user with ID 1.
49 health vs 56 average across 10,830 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1057 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
54
now · peak 86
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-11 20+ → 10+ down after 199 days in band
- 2024-11-24 30+ → 20+ down after 276 days in band
- 2024-02-22 20+ → 30+ up after 21 days in band
- 2024-02-01 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-31 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
- 2024-01-24 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-23 20+ → 30+ up after 10 days in band
- 2024-01-13 30+ → 20+ down 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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Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable All Update Notifications 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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