Better Admin Users Search
by Loïs · Admin & Utilities
Improve users admin search
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
-5%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “better” and “search” 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 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1972 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 1972 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 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| better your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| usermeta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| users your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “better” and “search” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 244 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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 · v1.2 · 10 Jun 2021
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; the previous band took 17 months to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mqfell3.6y ago
The plugin works great, thank you. There is a PHP 8+ issue that should be resolved: Deprecated: Required parameter $i follows optional parameter $args in /wp-content/plugins/better-admin-users-search/vendor/cmb2/cmb2/includes/types/CMB2_Type_Multi_Base.php on line 34
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dleeward4.2y ago
This does exactly what is says it will do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cliff6.4y ago
Thanks so much! This works with ACF, so it’s exactly what I was looking for.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dave96216.7y ago
This plugin does exactly what I needed it to do. I easily added fields to the user search function so now I can search custom fields that I had added for users.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 26 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 341 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "better", "usermeta" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 200+ → 100+ down after 505 days in tier
- 2024-11-23 300+ → 200+ down after 781 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 300+ up
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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View Admin As 9K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
BP Profile Search 5K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Fast User Switching 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Admin Search 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
User Spam Remover 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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