Easy Sidebar Menu Widget vs Side Menu Lite

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

Easy Sidebar Menu Widget

by Jeffrey Carandang

Health D52

Side Menu Lite

by Wow-Company

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Easy Sidebar Menu Widget Side Menu Lite

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	Easy Sidebar Menu Widget	Side Menu Lite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 52	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.74★ ✓	3.95★
Reviews	141 ✓	12
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	174	997 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Easy Sidebar Menu Widget Side Menu Lite

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.