Best administration theme plugins for WordPress
The most popular administration theme plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Cream6 Admin Theme leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Bootstrap Admin (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “administration theme” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 administration theme plugins
- 1.Cream6 Admin Theme
The most installed administration theme plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 2.Bootstrap Admin
10+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 14 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 2 plugins tagged “administration theme”
Cream6 Admin Theme
#34,620by SimonEbeling13 years ago
A user-friendly admin theme. Responsive as far as CSS can manage on the core.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bootstrap Admin
Up in the last 7 days:6,264#40,656by Ari Stathopoulos12 years ago
A clean, minimalistic administration theme based on Twitter's Bootstrap
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day