Advanced Settings 3 vs Admin Menu Editor

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health B83

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Admin Menu Editor moved down one install band, 400K+ to 300K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Advanced Settings 3	Admin Menu Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	B · 83	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	7	312 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	494	56.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	3.6% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Advanced Settings 3Admin Menu Editor

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.