Dynamic Latest Post in Nav Menu vs Menu Image, Icons made easy

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

Dynamic Latest Post in Nav Menu

by hijiri

Health D46

Menu Image, Icons made easy

by Rui Guerreiro

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

Dynamic Latest Post in Nav Menu 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	Dynamic Latest Post in Nav Menu	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.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 71 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	57/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.45★ ✓
Reviews	3	123 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	26/100	74/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.8y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	62	5.1K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Dynamic Latest Post in Nav Menu 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.