DevDome Admin Cleaner: Remove Dashboard Widgets and Hide Menu Items
by DevDome · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 9 other plugins · 2.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide admin notices, remove dashboard widgets from view and hide selected admin menu and toolbar items without changing permissions.
Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈210 estimated
Momentum
n/a
needs 60 days of downloads, 49 so far
Biggest opportunity: Swap “hide admin notices” and “admin cleanup” for “cleaner” and “items”. “hide admin notices” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “cleaner” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “admin cleanup” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #21. “items” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 57 average across 5,844 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,134 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 23 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
51
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 17d
36%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 17d
+1.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| declutter admin your tag | #3 | #8 | up 2 |
| remove dashboard widgets your tag | #7 | #24 | down 1 |
| hide menu items your tag | #11 | #24 | up 4 |
| declutter | #6 | #12 | up 5 |
| distraction free admin menu | #7 | #21 | up 12 |
| admin cleanup your tag | #21 | #24 | down 7 |
| hide admin notices your tag | #22 | #23 | down 3 |
| cleaner | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| items | #24 | #23 | — |
| admin menu colour | #9 | #22 | up 9 |
| dashboard cleaner | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| hide menu item | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| remove admin widgets | #14 | #24 | down 2 |
| remove toolbar | #15 | #22 | down 1 |
| hidden admin toolbar | #15 | #23 | — |
| hide admin toolbar | #15 | #23 | — |
| site cleaner | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| admin menu slug | #20 | #24 | — |
| wordpress cleaner | #21 | #24 | — |
| remove item menu | #20 | #23 | 0 |
84 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 58 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “hide admin notices” and “admin cleanup” for “cleaner” and “items”. “hide admin notices” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “cleaner” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “admin cleanup” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #21. “items” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “admin cleanup”. Down 7 places since 2026-11-04, now #21. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- One page off on “hide menu items”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 20 Sep 2026 · 49 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.4K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 27 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
Install history since 23 Sep 2026
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide admin notices, remove dashboard widgets from view and hide selected admin menu and toolbar items witho..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 14 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 12,426 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-09-29 10+ → 100+ up
Competes with
The plugins that show up in the same WordPress.org searches, most shared searches first, then plugins sharing two or more tags. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 8 shared searches A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 7 shared searches A -
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 7 shared searches A -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 6 shared searches A -
BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ installs · 4.8★ · 6 shared searches A -
Easy Hide Admin Menu Items 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 6 shared searches A
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