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Restricted Site Notifier

by Fidgety Lizard · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 2 other plugins · 170+ installs across the portfolio →

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Add-on for Restricted Site Access plugin. Displays site's current restriction status in the admin bar.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

80+

Active installs

≈87 estimated

3.6K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+30%

56

Downloads · 30d

category median +23%

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.

87 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

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

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+30% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Sep 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

56

now · peak 180

6230d downloads · Sep 26

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

Restricted Site Noti · #18480 you Hide Admin Bar Based · #1166 Hide Admin Bar · #1182 Hide Admin Bar from · #1757

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.

775per 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.1

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 3mo ago1.0.1 · 3.9y ago1.0.0 · 10.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 85%
v1.0 15%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
80–90 ≈87

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2019-12-15 · 1,381 observations

80Installs · Sep 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2016-01-22 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.8
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ ng63
    7.0y ago

    Very reassuring to actually see the status of the restricted site access plugin at a glance in the admin bar.

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  2. ★★★★★ Jay
    9.7y ago

    It’s simple. It works.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-09-01 70+ → 80+ up after 127 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-27 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-26 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-21 80+ → 70+ down after 146 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-26 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-11-25 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-21 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-19 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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