Dashboard Editor
by Aaron Butacov · Admin & Utilities
With this plugin you can remove sections of the dashboard, add new code, or even add Sidebar Widgets.
45 health vs 57 average across 1,412 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 18+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 6669 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
35
now · peak 111
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 “200+”. 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
- 2025-03-10 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-09 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-03-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-04 300+ → 200+ down after 580 days in band
- 2023-08-02 400+ → 300+ down after 270 days in band
- 2022-11-05 500+ → 400+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
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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