Adminbar Link Comments to Pending
by Juliette Reinders Folmer · Admin & Utilities
Changes the link from the Adminbar comments bubble to go straight to the 'Pending' comments queue.
41 health vs 55 average across 2,066 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 8+ 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 3098 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
53
now · peak 79
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 276 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-01 30+ → 20+ down after 26 days in band
- 2026-06-05 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-02 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-30 20+ → 30+ up after 208 days in band
- 2025-11-03 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-10-29 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-10-24 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-22 20+ → 30+ up after 37 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C - D Delete Pending Comments 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
-
Better Admin Bar 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B - D Disable Toolbar 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- B Bulk Comments Management 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
-
Admin Bar Wrap Fix 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Adminbar Link Comments to Pending into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/adminbar-link-comments-to-pending" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Adminbar Link Comments to Pending — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Adminbar Link Comments to Pending: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/adminbar-link-comments-to-pending