Hide Menu Items by Role vs Menu Visibility Control

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

Hide Menu Items by Role

by Mahfuzur Rahman

Health B83

Menu Visibility Control

by Davis Simiyu Wanyonyi

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

Hide Menu Items by Role Menu Visibility Control

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	Hide Menu Items by Role	Menu Visibility Control
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	600–700 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+29%	+500% ✓
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	B · 77
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	80/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.12★ ✓
Reviews	1	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	8mo ago
Downloads · 30d	120	217 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ 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.