Black Bar
by Gemini Labs · Uncategorized
Black Bar is an unobtrusive Debug Bar for WordPress developers that attaches itself to the bottom of the browser window.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “500+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2019-07-22 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 600+ → 500+ down after 134 days in band
- 2026-02-26 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-24 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-23 700+ → 600+ down after 77 days in band
- 2025-12-08 800+ → 700+ down after 49 days in band
- 2025-10-20 900+ → 800+ down after 67 days in band
- 2025-08-14 1K+ → 900+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-08-09 900+ → 1K+ up after 7 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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Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Fatal Error Notify 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Debug Log Manager Tool 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Safe Mode 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Debug Log Viewer 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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