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Admin UI Simplificator

by Svetoslav Marinov · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 21 other plugins · 11.4K+ installs across the portfolio →

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The plugin simplifies the WordPress admin user interface by hiding most of the WordPress menus.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

8.8K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.91★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+32%

79

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4255 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+32% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

79

now · peak 103

7930d 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 UI Simplificat · #28422 you Catch IDs · #1285 Simple Taxonomy Orde · #1447 Simple Login Captcha · #1972

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.

7.9Kper 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

11.7y ago

latest release · v1.0.5

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.5 · 11.7y ago1.0.4 · 11.8y ago1.0.3 · 12.6y ago1.0.2 · 13.2y ago1.0.1 · 13.6y ago1.0.0 · 14.0y 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

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

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈17

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

Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,386 observations

10Installs · 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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
11.7y ago
Added
2012-08-16 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
2.6.2
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 2 reviews to 2014-12-03
Mixed PraiseFeature requests

One reviewer calls it the best dashboard customization plugin, while another hit a lockout after changing the user ID setting and wants menu editing added.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ C. Pearie
    11.8y ago

    I think this is the best plugin for customize the admin dashboard!

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  2. ★★★★★ Radu
    13.6y ago

    Firstly this is a nice idea so thank you to the developer What happened – I created a new user with ID=2 – I went to settings and modified user id to 2 and suddenly I didn’t had access to any page other than articles and pages. – I managed to restore by going back and de-activating the module It would have been nice to also have the possibility to edit the menu (leave only the pages accesible)

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ 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. 2025-12-25 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-24 10+ → 20+ up after 124 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-22 20+ → 10+ down after 691 days in tier
  4. 2023-10-01 30+ → 20+ down after 241 days in tier
  5. 2023-02-02 40+ → 30+ down

Competes with

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