WP Minimize Admin Bar
by plasticbrain · Admin & Utilities
Replace the WP Admin Bar with a small, unobtrusive icon in the top left corner of your site.
45 health vs 53 average across 2,978 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3882 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
66
now · peak 164
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-25 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-07-17 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 300+ → 200+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-07-04 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-03 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-30 200+ → 300+ up after 16 days in tier
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 from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Bricks Navigator 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Auto Hide Admin Bar 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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