Dev Info Bar
by istvankrucsanyica · Admin & Utilities
A simple WordPress extension which adds itself to the admin bar, providing system information such as PHP, MySQL version and details of the WordPress …
41 health vs 55 average across 1,858 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2734 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 75
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-19 90+ → 80+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-09-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-13 90+ → 80+ down after 23 days in band
- 2025-08-21 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-20 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-08-16 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-15 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-13 80+ → 90+ up after 14 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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Hide Admin Bar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP-Memory-Usage 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
PHP Version 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP PHP Version Display 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP Hide Dashboard 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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