Custom Adminbar Menus vs Menu Image, Icons made easy

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

Custom Adminbar Menus

by Linesh Jose

Health D48

Menu Image, Icons made easy

by Rui Guerreiro

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

Custom Adminbar Menus Menu Image, Icons made easy

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	Custom Adminbar Menus	Menu Image, Icons made easy
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 48	B · 71 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	57/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.28★	4.45★ ✓
Reviews	9	123 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	74/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.3y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	103	5.1K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Custom Adminbar Menus Menu Image, Icons made easy

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.