Auto Submenu vs WP-PageNavi

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

Auto Submenu

by Diana van de Laarschot

Health B83

WP-PageNavi

by Lester Chan

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Auto Submenu WP-PageNavi

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Auto Submenu	WP-PageNavi
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	500K–600K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 83	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	75/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.94★	4.60★ ✓
Reviews	25	149 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday	yesterday
Downloads · 30d	2.0K	162.3K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Auto Submenu WP-PageNavi

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.