Dropdown Menus vs Responsive Navigation Block

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

Dropdown Menus

by Robert O'Rourke

Health D45

Responsive Navigation Block

by David Smith

Health B72

Active-install trajectory

Dropdown Menus Responsive Navigation Block

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	Dropdown Menus	Responsive Navigation Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 72 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	66/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.05★	4.22★ ✓
Reviews	5	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.6y ago	11mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	61	247 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

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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.