WordPress plugin comparison
Useful Admin Menu vs Hide Admin Bar
At a glance
- Hide Admin Bar has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Useful Admin Menu.
- On a typical day, Hide Admin Bar is downloaded about 62 times, Useful Admin Menu about 2.
- Useful Admin Menu is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.5 from 30 reviews.
- Hide Admin Bar was updated more recently: Nov 4, 2025, against Apr 15, 2023 for Useful Admin Menu.
- Hide Admin Bar is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 6.2.15 for Useful Admin Menu.
- Hide Admin Bar has been around longer: since 2011, against 2019 for Useful Admin Menu.
Line by line
Hide Admin Bar leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Useful Admin Menu |  Hide Admin Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #30,297 | #1,188 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 39 | 1.7K |
| Rating | 5.0(2) | 4.5(30) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.2.15 | 6.8.12 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.01 | ×0.49 |
| Last release | 3 years ago | 1 year ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 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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