WordPress plugin comparison

Admin Backend and Update Helper vs Advanced Automatic Updates

Admin Backend and Update Helper

by yismedia

Fewer than 10 installs

Advanced Automatic Updates

by Gary Pendergast

20K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Advanced Automatic Updates has more active installs: 20K+, against fewer than 10 for Admin Backend and Update Helper.
On a typical day, Advanced Automatic Updates is downloaded about 26 times, Admin Backend and Update Helper about 1.
Admin Backend and Update Helper has no reviews yet.
Admin Backend and Update Helper was updated more recently: Nov 26, 2025, against Jun 4, 2021 for Advanced Automatic Updates.
Admin Backend and Update Helper is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 5.0.31 for Advanced Automatic Updates.
Advanced Automatic Updates has been around longer: since 2012, against 2025 for Admin Backend and Update Helper.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Admin Backend and Update Helper	Advanced Automatic Updates
Popular rank	#72,532	#1,184
Active installs	Fewer than 10	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	21	543
Rating	No ratings	4.7(61)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.8.12	5.0.31
Search multiplier	×0.03	×0.00
Last release	11 months ago	5 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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