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Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard
A tidy admin area for clients with a slightly pricey Pro upgrade.
HealthyGrowing
84/100
The plugin effectively cleans up the admin area for clients despite some Pro version complaints.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.6★
113 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+19%
Growing
202 → 241 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +19% in the last year
202/day a year ago→241/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayUltimate Dashboard is a well-liked plugin for simplifying and personalizing the WordPress admin area, but its Pro version draws criticism for slow support, a buggy login customizer, and a price that some users feel isn't justified.
What people like
- +Effectively hides and removes unnecessary dashboard elements, menu items, and widgets that confuse clients×2
- +Helps organize and personalize the WordPress admin area×2
- +Simple and easy to use
Common complaints
- −Pro version support is very slow or unresponsive
- −Login customizer in the Pro version loses the set image and reverts to a flat background color
- −Pro version considered poor value at its price point (~$58), with features available elsewhere for free
- −Lacks support for popular page builders such as Gutenberg and Cornerstone by Theme Co
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.63★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 113 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-19★★★★★Simplicitymarcruger
- 2026-04-09★★★★★gooodmarcochang9231-shot
- 2026-04-08★★★★★Works great as advertisedjmanalili
- 2026-02-28★★★★★很好smtll120
- 2026-02-25★★★★★Slow Support but lots of potentialDaniel Finch
- 2025-12-22★★★★★Great pluginMarjan
- 2025-10-21★★★★★Good Pluginprozvitok
- 2025-08-28★★★★★This plugin hide what others cantironman45
- 2025-08-13★★★★★The Best Dashboard editorMike Hanlon
- 2025-07-15★★★★★มีประโยชน์kwangkhaolan1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
226
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
237
Prior 7-day baseline
177
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,217
Mean release-day peak (30d)
216
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.93
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+50%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.68 → 4.63★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered