Test User Role
by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) · Admin & Utilities
Quickly test other user roles from a super admin account, to see what other users experience.
47 health vs 54 average across 2,195 Admin & Utilities plugins
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 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4238 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
42
now · peak 76
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-18 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-17 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-16 50+ → 60+ up after 162 days in band
- 2025-11-05 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-04 50+ → 60+ up after 81 days in band
- 2025-08-15 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-14 50+ → 60+ up after 1 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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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Admin Bar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Theme Test Drive 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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