Genesis Nav Menu Amplified vs Genesis Simple Menus

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

Genesis Nav Menu Amplified

by Nick the Geek

Health D42

Genesis Simple Menus

by StudioPress

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Genesis Nav Menu Amplified Genesis Simple 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	Genesis Nav Menu Amplified	Genesis Simple Menus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 42	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.68★	4.34★ ✓
Reviews	1	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.5y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	46	301 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Genesis Nav Menu Amplified Genesis Simple 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.