Admin Dashboard Last Edits vs Essential Widgets
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Essential Widgets has the largest install base, roughly 11× the next: 10K+ active installs against 900+ for Admin Dashboard Last Edits. Downloads this week: Essential Widgets 408 and Admin Dashboard Last Edits 45. Ratings: Admin Dashboard Last Edits 5★ from 8 and Essential Widgets 3.5★ from 2 reviews.
| Metric | Admin Dashboard Last Edits | Essential Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 900+ | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 45 | 408 |
| Rating | 5★ (8) | 3.5★ (2) |
| Last updated | Aug 6, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.1.4 | 3.2.1 |
| Best rank on record | #7,236 | #1,767 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Feb 2015 | Nov 2017 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Admin Dashboard Last Edits or Essential Widgets?
By active installs, Essential Widgets: 10K+ sites run it against 900+ for Admin Dashboard Last Edits, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 19, 2026.
Are Admin Dashboard Last Edits or Essential Widgets alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.