Development Environment Notification
by Alex Phelps · Admin & Utilities
This plugin adds a simple notification on the WP Admin bar to help the developer know if they are looking at development or production.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,792 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4034 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
68
now · peak 141
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2014-05-09The one review here is happy, saying it keeps them from getting confused about which environment they're in.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ nattyait12.3y ago
I don’t have to confuse myself where I am now!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- W What Template 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
-
Apermo AdminBar 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Admin Bar Tools 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
DevStage 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - T Toolbar Plugins Link 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- M Matty Theme QuickSwitch 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Development Environment Notification into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/development-environment-notification" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Development Environment Notification — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Development Environment Notification: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/development-environment-notification