WordPress plugin comparison
Adjust Admin Categories vs WP Dashboard Messages
Adjust Admin Categories
by Masahiro NAKASHIMA
10K+ installs5.0
WP Dashboard Messages
by podpirate
400+ installs5.0
At a glance
- Adjust Admin Categories has more active installs: 10K+, against 400+ for WP Dashboard Messages.
- On a typical day, Adjust Admin Categories is downloaded about 83 times, WP Dashboard Messages about 7.
- Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
- WP Dashboard Messages was updated more recently: Dec 5, 2025, against Jun 27, 2022 for Adjust Admin Categories.
- WP Dashboard Messages is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.0.0 for Adjust Admin Categories.
- Adjust Admin Categories has been around longer: since 2014, against 2020 for WP Dashboard Messages.
Line by line
Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Adjust Admin Categories | WP Dashboard Messages |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,769 | #9,853 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 400+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.2K | 186 |
| Rating | 5.0(4) | 5.0(3) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.0.0 | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.02 | ×0.34 |
| Last release | 4 years ago | 11 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 5.6 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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