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Test User Role

by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 11 other plugins · 4.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Quickly test other user roles from a super admin account, to see what other users experience.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

3.3K

Total downloads

since 2014

4.17★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 4 reviews

+39%

57

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4283 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+39% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

57

now · peak 76

5730d downloads · Aug 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

Test User Role · #20434 you Hide Admin Bar Based · #1167 Hide Admin Bar · #1183 Hide Admin Bar from · #1758

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.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

11.7y ago

latest release · v1.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0 · 11.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-08-14 · 1,386 observations

40Installs · Aug 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 · 4 reviews

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5★
4 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
11.7y ago
Added
2014-12-09 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
4.0.38
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Joe Fusco
    10.1y ago

    Great time saver for testing what other users have access to. Well done. Thank you Mitcho!

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  2. ★★★★★ Gregoire Noyelle
    11.7y ago

    Thanks a lot Mitcho. I don’t need anymore to create fake account 🙂 I write a post about it (in french)

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  3. ★★★★★ Muneera_Salah
    11.7y ago

    thank you so much very useful plugin

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  4. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    11.7y ago

    I hope this plugin is of use to others!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ 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. 2026-08-07 50+ → 40+ down after 109 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-20 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-18 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-17 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-04-16 50+ → 60+ up after 162 days in tier
  6. 2025-11-05 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-04 50+ → 60+ up after 81 days in tier
  8. 2025-08-15 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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