SBL Admin Bar
by Steven Lienhard · Admin & Utilities
SBL Admin Bar allows you to dynamically turn the Admin Bar on/off using the hotkeys CONTROL-SHIFT-A. Can be enabled and disabled by user role.
46 health vs 54 average across 2,635 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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 2043 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
now · peak 47
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-03-31 — → 10+ up
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 from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C - D Disable Toolbar 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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Limecall 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
which template file 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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