The Dude
by Kostas Vrouvas · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
That, or His Dudeness… Duder… or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing.
48 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.
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 1726 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
60
now · peak 154
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
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.
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-22 · 1,388 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ TWD3.3y ago
We are huge fans.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CrowdedTent11.0y ago
Much appreciated Kosta!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Josh Smith11.5y ago
I don’t know how I survived without it before. I don’t know how people survive without it now.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kristof Loyens Quantum Leap11.5y ago
Love the plugin, no doubt. But for some reason when I turn it on. It switches my language for admin back end to English, same happens for all texts I translated to Dutch for the theme. While my client wants Dutch. When I disable the plugin. It switches back to the installed Dutch. Look into why it loads the wrong .mo file and you have got a winner. 🙂 Best regards, K
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Zé Fontainhas11.5y ago
… really tied my WordPress site together
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Matt Rock11.5y ago
Fantastic plugin. A fun little breath of fresh air. My only gripe (though I still gave it five stars) is I’ve caught a couple of typo’s (ie; the quote I based my review title on is missing a space. “Yeah,well, this is…”). Would also be a nice touch to replace the “Howdy, admin” salutation. But hey, it’s just a little fun, right? Fuckin’ A. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Suzette Franck11.5y ago
This plugin needed to be made, thank you! The Dude abides!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-26 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-23 30+ → 20+ down after 117 days in tier
- 2025-04-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-26 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-04-21 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-04-12 30+ → 20+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 20+ → 30+ up after 8 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).
- H Hello Darth 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Hello World 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Hide Admin Menu Items 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Remove Page Title From Elementor Pages by Default 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Easy Admin 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D - A Alex Set Favicon 30+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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