Circuit Breaker
by balaeno · Admin & Utilities
A safety utility that helps prevent fatal-error crash loops by allowing administrators to safely recover and manually deactivate problematic plugins.
79 health vs 53 average across 3,268 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2026-03-04 · 135 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
175
now · peak 182
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-03-20 · 117 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Admin Tools 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
Cron Jobs 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Safe Mode 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Database Access with Adminer 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Extended – The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit 600+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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