Best administration plugins for WordPress

The most popular administration plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Adminimize leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Remove Dashboard Access (30K+) and Error Log Monitor (20K+). All 167 plugins tagged “administration” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 administration plugins

1.
Adminimize
The most installed administration plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 254 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
2.
Remove Dashboard Access
30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 78 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
3.
Error Log Monitor
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 48 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
4.
Automatic Domain Changer
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 29 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
5.
Relative URL
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 26 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
6.
WP Hide Dashboard
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
7.
Site Health Tool Manager
1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
8.
aapanel WP Toolkit
1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
9.
Users by Date Registered
1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
10.
Custom Posts Per Page
800+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.