Menu Visibility Control vs If Menu

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

Menu Visibility Control

by Davis Simiyu Wanyonyi

Health B77

If Menu

by Andrei

Health C58

Active-install trajectory

Menu Visibility Control If 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	Menu Visibility Control	If Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+500% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	C · 58
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100 ✓	33/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	4.10★
Reviews	3	130 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	79/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago ✓	1.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	216	1.9K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Menu Visibility Control If 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.