Smart Admin Assistant
by bdthemes · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 19 other plugins · 246.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
All-in-one admin toolkit: custom login URL, limit login attempts, duplicate posts, hide admin bar, disable comments, page cache and security headers.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
+350%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin” for “admin color scheme”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “admin color scheme” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 10.6K 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 31 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 11 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin assistant | #2 | #18 | 0 |
| smart assistant | #5 | #24 | — |
| assistant | #21 | #24 | down 3 |
| smart admin bar | #10 | #24 | down 1 |
| assistant pro | #12 | #24 | 0 |
| admin customization | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| admin color scheme | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| command palette | #24 | #24 | down 3 |
| site assistant | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom login url your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| disable comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| duplicate post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| limit login attempts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
52 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 43 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin” for “admin color scheme”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “admin color scheme” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 29 Jul 2025 · 460 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
31
releases in the last 12 months
11d ago
latest release · v2.4.2 · 21 Oct 2026
38
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Aug 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ omaraliusa5mo ago
For a paid version, this is very disappointing. There’s a lot of features that are lacking. Login Page Customization PROPROMISED BUT NOT DELIVERED: Customize the appearance of the login page with logo, colors, and styling. As of 5/29/2026 there still a “Coming Soon…” maybe in 2030??? Too many bugs and inconsistency. Reported multiple times, no response. Again, for a paid plugin, you would think this would be a priority! Overall, the plugin has potential, but the slow development is very disappointing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sebastian "rawsta" Fiele6mo ago
Seems to work fine and has a decent number of options. But the annoying ads are what kills it for me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bajlazzo11mo ago
Missing a lot of functionality, plugin have a lot of options, but no one of them it isn’t developed till the end. Need a lot of work, but i see good opportunities 🙂 This topic was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by bajlazzo.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.4.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 5.4 Biggopti Library (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Scripting via display_id from Sigmative API ↗2026-08-08 CVE-2026-92991 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.2.0 Patched in 2.2.1
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 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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
7 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "All-in-one admin toolkit: custom login URL, limit login attempts, duplicate posts, hide admin bar, disable..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 19 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 19 of 19 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("who want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Block editor, Google Search Console and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 16 headings and 13 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 9,697 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 300+ → 200+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 200+ → 300+ up after 101 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 100+ → 200+ up after 84 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-10 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 90+ → 80+ down after 1 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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Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Duplicate Page 3M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPS Hide Login 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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