Advanced Settings 3
by Helmut Wandl · Admin & Utilities
Adds settings that you might expect to find in the WordPress core.
79 health vs 55 average across 1,870 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
135
now · peak 696
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-21 300+ → 200+ down after 568 days in band
- 2023-10-01 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-09-29 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-09-25 400+ → 300+ down after 258 days in band
- 2023-01-10 500+ → 400+ down after 12 days in band
- 2022-12-29 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
- 2022-12-27 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in band
- 2022-12-25 400+ → 500+ 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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Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Widget Disable 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Erident Custom Login and Dashboard 8K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/advanced-settings" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Advanced Settings 3 — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Advanced Settings 3: 200+ active installs, 3.9★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-settings