Iconic Navigation vs Max Mega Menu

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

Iconic Navigation

by indybook

Health D43

Max Mega Menu

by megamenu

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Iconic Navigation Max Mega Menu

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	Iconic Navigation	Max Mega Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 43	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	41/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.80★	4.81★ ✓
Reviews	4	877 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.9y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	57	42.8K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Iconic Navigation Max Mega Menu

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.