Hide Plugins
by ThemeBoy · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 11 other plugins · 19.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide installed plugins from clients and other admin users.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+48%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “dashboard” and “hidden” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 20.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3844 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3844 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hidden your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plugins your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “dashboard” and “hidden” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 224 · 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
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
10.5y ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 22 Apr 2016
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Feb 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ phil1ooo9.1y ago
Can this be made to only hide plugins from specific sites instead of all. I use multisite and all plugins as you know are installed from super-admin but I don’t need every plugin on every site. I know I can deactivate network from activate but this would also affect all sites that I use specific networking on but it’s those sites that don’t need the network activated plugins on that I would like to hide the plugin from as it gets to messy having so many useless/un-used plugins on each site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wholearmormedia9.7y ago
Works great, even hides plugins from other admin users.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Arkadia10.4y ago
Incredibly useful. Works wonderfully and simple to use. No more clients messing with vital plugins. 🙂 Saves me so much work and time. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Noahj Champion11.0y ago
This plugin is so simple. No settings pages and enables you to hide plugins from all users but yourself. It simply adds a hide link next to each plugin, allowing you to click it and that’s it. It will hide that plugin from everyone but you. The only thing missing is an option to export the plugins hid to use on other sites. It would be good for other users, but I’ve created my own them and just import the database entry so those hidden plugin settings are applied automatically.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pigo3934blog11.8y ago
The settings are on the “Plugins” page. Just click on the “Hide” or “Show” link next to each plugin. Works great. =================== What I REALLY like about this plugin is that it allows me to HIDE plugins from being tampered with by clients that INSIST on having access to the “Plugins” page, just so they can learn the settings or pass OUR HARD WORK AND RESEARCH onto a cheaper paid programmer to maintain OUR hard work. =================== Thanks for this one.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arya25211.8y ago
big like
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alexandru Linca12.0y ago
I tested 3 of my wordpress installation and works perfectly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ScarLight12.4y ago
If it also hides the hidden plugin from showing up in “Install Plugins”. There is no reason to show “Installed” plugins after it is hidden. Anyway, great work 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.4). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide installed plugins from clients and other admin users."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 729 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "dashboard" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-26 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-04-21 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 566 days in tier
- 2022-10-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 623 days in tier
- 2021-01-17 4K+ → 3K+ down after 427 days in tier
- 2019-11-17 5K+ → 4K+ down after 565 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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Hide Admin Bar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - W WP Hide Dashboard 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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