BrandNestor
by Mike Pap · Admin & Utilities
Customize the WordPress dashboard, admin pages, login and register pages, and more.
50 health vs 54 average across 2,267 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1103 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
31
now · peak 209
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-25 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-22 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-21 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-06-14 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-06-10 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-08 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-06-01 100+ → 200+ up after 8 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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White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
AGCA – Custom Dashboard & Login Page 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom Login 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Custom Login 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
White Label – WordPress Custom Admin, Custom Login Page, and Custom Dashboard 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ultimate Client Dash 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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