Dashboard Navigator
by OllieJones · Admin & Utilities
Navigate your WordPress dashboard by searching with a few keystrokes. Press shift shift, then a few letters of the menu item you want.
84 health vs 56 average across 1,764 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 2025-04-14 · 459 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
254
now · peak 254
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 20+ in roughly 964 days.
Install history · since 2025-04-15 · 456 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 20+ → 10+ down after 89 days in band
- 2026-03-09 10+ → 20+ up after 273 days in band
- 2025-06-09 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Slash Admin 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/dashnav" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Dashboard Navigator — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Dashboard Navigator: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dashnav