Tamed Admin Theme
by lucawater · Admin & Utilities
A basic, clean and minimalistic Wordpress admin theme.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “basic”, “clean” and “minimalistic” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,190 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3950 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3950 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| basic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| clean your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| minimalistic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “basic”, “clean” and “minimalistic” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 86 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
10.8y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 8 Jan 2016
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Sep 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ araz9.6y ago
modern & clean
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mike V. Gorbunov10.5y ago
very nice and pleasant theme
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ charitablehumans11.5y ago
I don’t write many reviews, I always intend to, but it just doesn’t happen. There are exceptions, however, such as when I come across gems like this. I have some OCD issues that I struggle with, and it doesn’t take much for things to seem very chaotic. Requiring many plugins & custom post types, and with nearly all plugins inserting news menu items, my WP-Admin always induces a great deal of anxiety. I’ve tried a number of other tools, like WP Admin Menu Editor Pro (which has helped a great deal), but there are still limits on what can be done. I have even purchased a number of WP Admin Themes, but none of them helped all that much. This theme however, while it’s incredibly simple and doesn’t come with all the options that come with some of themes I’ve purchased, seems to help tremendously. I find it interesting that this plugins description uses the phrase “calm”, because strangely, it kind of is. I can’t really point to any one thing, but I do find that plugin/theme quells a great deal of anxiety. It’s very clean, and it doesn’t change things such that it makes it difficult to find things. I’m very grateful for this plugin, and highly recommend it.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 457 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2024-12-05 200+ → 100+ down after 590 days in tier
- 2023-04-25 300+ → 200+ down after 203 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 600+ → 300+ down
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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Material Admin Theme 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 5 shared tags D -
Materially Flat Admin Theme 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Child Theme Configurator 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A - E Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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