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Disable Add New Plugins

by Nikunj Soni · Admin & Utilities

This plugin will disable the functionalities of add new plugins and file editing in your WordPress admin panel. It will also give security to file bei …

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
70 Health · B
Maintenance 74/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

70 health vs 54 average across 3,649 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.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 82/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-39% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

28

now · peak 94

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

Disable Add New Plug · #30464 Loginizer · #43 Admin Menu Editor · #159 Catch IDs · #1275

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.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈16

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 20+ in roughly 320 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations

Details

Version
1.7
Last updated
9mo ago
Added
2015-09-24 · 10 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.7
Tested up to
6.8.6
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-08 20+ → 10+ down after 82 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-18 10+ → 20+ up after 64 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-13 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-31 10+ → 20+ up after 77 days in tier
  5. 2025-10-15 20+ → 10+ down after 116 days in tier
  6. 2025-06-21 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-06-20 20+ → 10+ down after 27 days in tier
  8. 2025-05-24 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier

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Disable Add New Plugins: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/disable-add-new-plugins