WP Hide Dashboard
by Drew Jaynes · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 7 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide the Dashboard menu, Personal Options section and Help link on the Profile page from your subscribers when they are logged in.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+36%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “admin bar” and “administration” 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.
50 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 176.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0, 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 3260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.0; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.36★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| admin bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| administration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide 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
- “admin”, “admin bar” and “administration” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 300 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
11.8y ago
latest release · v2.2.1 · 19 Jan 2015
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Nov 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.2.1 Brought code and comments in line with core standards. DrewAPicture was added as a plugin author. Removed some unused code. General cleanup. 2.2.1
- — Version 2.2 Support for WordPress version 3.3 and earlier removed. Reworked code to remove fatal error issue, ensure compatibility with WordPress 3.4 and 3.5. Reworked how Multisite user scenarios (assigned to no blogs/1 blog/2+ blo 2.2
- — Version 2.1 Support for WordPress version 2.9 and 3.0 removed. Support for roles other than Subscriber removed. Reworked code for removing Personal Options section on Profile page. Added support for removing Dashboard links in new a 2.1
- — Version 2.0 Code reworked; support for WordPress version 2.5 – 2.8 removed. Updated menu removal code for compatibility with WordPress 3.0 (single user mode). Added code to remove Personal Options section on Profile page (props to M 2.0
- — Version 1.5 Added code to make it easier to configure plugin if you want to change the role/capability level. Added code to remove Tools menu. Added code to remove Settings, Media and Comments menus for Contributors+ if needed. Adde 1.5
- — Version 1.4 Added code to remove Tools menu in 2.8.x (menu numbering changed in core). Added Frequently Asked Questions and proper Changelog sections to readme.txt file. 1.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide the Dashboard menu, Personal Options section and Help link on the Profile page from your subscribers w..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 4 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,469 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "administration" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-10 3K+ → 2K+ down after 459 days in tier
- 2023-09-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 339 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 439 days in tier
- 2021-07-22 6K+ → 5K+ down after 276 days in tier
- 2020-10-19 7K+ → 6K+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2020-08-20 8K+ → 7K+ down after 281 days in tier
- 2019-11-13 9K+ → 8K+ down after 69 days in tier
- 2019-09-05 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1460 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).
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Hide Admin Bar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hide Plugins 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
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
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