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DashBar

by z720 · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 1 other plugin · 70+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin tries to enable previous feature present in DashBar in the new Wordpress Admin Bar.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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.

28 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5424 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+112% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

55

now · peak 89

5530d downloads · Aug 26

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

DashBar · #21302 you Bottom Admin Toolbar · #5221 Remove Admin Bar log · #6374 Loginizer · #46

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.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

14.9y ago

latest release · v3.0

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.0 · 14.9y ago2.7.2 · 15.4y ago2.7.1 · 17.6y ago2.7 · 17.6y ago2.0.1 · 18.2y ago1.1 · 18.2y ago2.0.0 · 18.2y ago1.0 · 18.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
40–50 ≈47

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

40Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
3.0
Last updated
14.9y ago
Added
2008-06-27 · 18 yrs old
Requires WP
3.1
Tested up to
3.2.1
Requires PHP

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 50+ → 40+ down after 18 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-13 40+ → 50+ up after 63 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-11 50+ → 40+ down after 128 days in tier
  4. 2026-02-03 40+ → 50+ up after 14 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-20 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-07 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-03 10+ → 20+ 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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