Classic Menus for Block Themes vs User Menus

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

Classic Menus for Block Themes

by Craig Gomes

Health C55

User Menus

by Daniel Iser

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Classic Menus for Block Themes User Menus

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	Classic Menus for Block Themes	User Menus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+67% ✓	0%
Overall health	C · 55	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	28/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.95★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,278 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.9y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	148	2.7K ✓
Category	Blocks	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Classic Menus for Block Themes User Menus

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.