Hide Admin Menu
by Bhavin Thummar · Admin & Utilities
Using this plugin, we can hide the admin menu easily.
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Health
C 65/100
Stale
Active installs
10K+
≈20K estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin menu plugin”, “user role” and “admin menu show” for “hide admin menu”, “hide admin” and “hide menu”. “admin menu plugin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hide admin menu” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user role” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hide admin” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “admin menu show” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “hide menu” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
65 health vs 56 average across 5,898 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.6%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 131.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 531 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 531 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-2.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hide admin menu | #11 | #14 | down 5 |
| admin menu hide your tag | #19 | #22 | down 9 |
| menu hide your tag | #21 | #23 | down 7 |
| hide admin | #22 | #20 | down 2 |
| admin menu | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| admin menu show your tag | #24 | #23 | down 8 |
| hide admin menus | #12 | #18 | down 4 |
| hide admin notices | #24 | #21 | down 3 |
| hide menu | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| hide admin menu plugin | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| show and hide admin bar | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| admin menu plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user role your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin menu plugin”, “user role” and “admin menu show” for “hide admin menu”, “hide admin” and “hide menu”. “admin menu plugin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hide admin menu” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user role” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hide admin” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “admin menu show” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “hide menu” 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 menu hide”. Down 9 places since 2026-09-21, now #19. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- Slipping on “admin menu show”. Down 8 places since 2026-09-21, now #24. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- Slipping on “menu hide”. Down 7 places since 2026-09-21, now #21. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.8K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.1.2 · 20 May 2025
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20K.
Install history since 5 Sep 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dimis991.0y ago
Excellent plugin, It has a simple and very detailed user interface from which you can select which elements to show and to which user roles. The elements that appear are wordpress default, also all other menu elements created by plugins and themes. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webteam20002.4y ago
Great plugin! but I can’t hide the menu for the plugin “SHORTCODER” because it is not shown!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kojot3.0y ago
super This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by kojot.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee4.7y ago
Great plugin, THANKS!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anasbello5.2y ago
Thank you so much for making this great and effective plugin and giving it out for free. a lot of paid plugins are not as effective and simple as this. Big kuddos to you guys.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tianoduarte09095.3y ago
Ajuda muito, parabéns ao desenvolvedor! This topic was modified 5 years ago by tianoduarte0909. This topic was modified 5 years ago by tianoduarte0909.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nikunjthummar5.6y ago
The plugin works good, is simple to use and if needed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ artamax.com5.8y ago
The beauty of it is in the simplicity and functionality. well done!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 8 at 90% or more
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Using this plugin, we can hide the admin menu easily."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 331 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("admin menu hide", "admin menu plugin", "admin menu show", "menu hide", "user role" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 20K+ → 10K+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2026-10-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-28 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1102 days in tier
- 2023-09-22 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-21 20K+ → 10K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-09-18 10K+ → 20K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-09-16 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-15 10K+ → 20K+ up after 759 days in tier
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).
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User Role for Flamingo 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D -
MASS Users Password Reset 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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