Maestro: The Inline Admin Menu Editor
by Dan Knauss · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide admin menu items per user role, rename them, reorder them, swap their icons — an inline admin menu editor you drive right on the menu itself.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin menu”, “hide menu items” and “menu editor” for “sliding menu”, “submenus” and “context menu”. “admin menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sliding menu” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “hide menu items” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “submenus” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “menu editor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “context 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.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 978 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 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.
This plugin shipped 17 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 3 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rename menu items your tag | #17 | #24 | down 4 |
| admin menu editor | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| sliding menu | #12 | #23 | up 4 |
| daily menu | #17 | #24 | down 3 |
| admin menu colour | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| submenus | #20 | #23 | down 1 |
| reorder menu | #13 | #23 | up 3 |
| context menu | #24 | #24 | — |
| inline editor | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| admin menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide menu items your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
42 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 33 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin menu”, “hide menu items” and “menu editor” for “sliding menu”, “submenus” and “context menu”. “admin menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sliding menu” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “hide menu items” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “submenus” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “menu editor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “context 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.
Daily downloads
Since 18 Jun 2026 · 136 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 321 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
17
releases in the last 12 months
3d ago
latest release · v1.11.0 · 29 Oct 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 17 Jun 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide admin menu items per user role, rename them, reorder them, swap their icons — an inline admin menu edi..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you need", "for developers").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 10,193 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("hide menu items", "menu icons", "rename menu items" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-29 10+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-10-17 10+ → 20+ up
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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Uplink Admin Menu Manager 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
The 9 Dollar Menu Valet 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
SRKP Role Based Admin Menu 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
ReMenu 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Precise Expressions Admin Menu Reorganizer Lite — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
MenuGuard Labs Menu Control — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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