Discreet Toolbar
by Kailey (trepmal) · Admin & Utilities
Hide Admin Bar till cursor is near it. Front-end only.
41 health vs 60 average across 1,074 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3589 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
27
now · peak 70
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 292 days in band
- 2025-09-21 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-13 50+ → 60+ up after 41 days in band
- 2025-08-03 60+ → 50+ down after 96 days in band
- 2025-04-29 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-26 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-04-16 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-14 60+ → 50+ down after 43 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 Based on User Roles 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - A Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - D Disable Toolbar 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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