Branded Admin
by Kerry Webster · Admin & Utilities
Display custom header & footer in the WordPress Admin area. 2.7 compatible.
41 health vs 54 average across 3,688 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1, 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 6322 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
55
now · peak 158
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 “70+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-12 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-11 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-04 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Login 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Default Admin Color Scheme 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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