Smart Admin Search
by Andrea Porotti · Admin & Utilities
This plugin adds a search engine to the WordPress dashboard.
75 health vs 54 average across 2,627 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
31
now · peak 144
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 996 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 140 days in band
- 2026-02-06 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-01-30 30+ → 20+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-01-21 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-20 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-16 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Widget Disable 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Erident Custom Login and Dashboard 8K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Announce from the Dashboard 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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