Aquila Admin Theme
by GuyPrimavera · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 10.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Material Design inspired admin theme with a customisable color scheme. Add your own custom logo to match your website.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin theme”, “material design admin theme” and “material design wordpress” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.2%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 72K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1979 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 35 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1979 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| material design admin theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| material design wordpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| material design wordpress admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| material wordpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin theme”, “material design admin theme” and “material design wordpress” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 594 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
5.4y ago
latest release · v3.1.1 · 31 May 2021
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Feb 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.1.1 Code refactored. Bug fixes. New support links for adminbar. Footer credit removed. Removed FontAwesome dependency. Version updated. 3.1.1
- — Version 3.0.3 Login styling updated. Code updated for PHP 7.4 compatibility. 3.0.3
- — Version 2.4.3 Added option to hide admin bar logo drop-down menu. Fixed issue with Gutenberg blocks being hidden behind admin menu. Fixed issue with Gutenberg notices being partially obstructed behind Gutenberg top bar. Fixed admin ba 2.4.3
- — Version 2.4.2 Fixed error with lessc_formatter_compressed class. Added option to disable login page styling. Fixed styling of password reset page. Fixed styling of registration page. Fixed undefined variable “visibleText”. Fixed styli 2.4.2
- — Version 2.4.1 Fixed issue with body classes. 2.4.1
- — Version 2.4 Added versioning to loaded resources. 2.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 11 languages, 5 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Material Design inspired admin theme with a customisable color scheme. Add your own custom logo to match yo..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,217 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("material design admin theme", "material design wordpress", "material design wordpress admin", "material wordpress" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 378 days in tier
- 2025-03-09 5K+ → 4K+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2025-02-12 4K+ → 5K+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-01-31 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-30 4K+ → 5K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 394 days in tier
- 2023-12-29 6K+ → 5K+ down after 799 days in tier
- 2021-10-21 4K+ → 6K+ up after 546 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Add Admin CSS 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Slate Admin Theme 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D -
UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
WpRedesigned – Beautiful Custom Admin Theme 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Dark Mode for WP Dashboard 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fancy Admin UI 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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