Zodan Mini Admin Menu
by Marten Moolenaar · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 6 other plugins · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
This mini menu is super comfy: not the big default admin bar, but just a tiny button. Great when you are developing (or maintaining) websites.
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
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+40%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “cleanup” and “development” 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.
85 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 72.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 35 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
36%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mini menu your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| tiny menu your tag | #2 | #10 | up 1 |
| mini website | #5 | #19 | 0 |
| admin menu your tag | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| cleanup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| development your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “cleanup” and “development” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 64.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.0.8 · 21 May 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 472 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ TekstAanBod10mo ago
I highly recommend this nifty customizable mini menu to condense your front end wp admin bar and work free of distractions!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Daan Verbaan5.1y ago
The big bar is always a nuisance while developing. Very happy that those days are gone when I use the z-mini-admin plugin. I especially love the small tab on the side (site 🙂 ) that really offers anything I need AND, as a bonus, is adaptable to my needs as well. Looking forward to future features. This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Daan Verbaan.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Henry Peters5.2y ago
Small plugin that makes big miracles!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Yoast, ACF and 1 more.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 806 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin menu", "cleanup" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-28 80+ → 90+ up after 81 days in tier
- 2026-08-08 90+ → 80+ down after 46 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 80+ → 90+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2026-03-19 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 80+ → 70+ down after 67 days in tier
- 2026-01-10 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 80+ → 70+ down after 45 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 70+ → 80+ up after 4 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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Admin Bar Tools 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Query Monitor 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Sweep 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Yoast Test Helper 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
What The File 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Revisions Delete 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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