Mobile Navigation Menu vs ShiftNav

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

Mobile Navigation Menu

by Elvin D

Health D44

ShiftNav

by sevenspark

Health B72

Active-install trajectory

Mobile Navigation Menu ShiftNav

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	Mobile Navigation Menu	ShiftNav
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 44	B · 72 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	58/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.87★	4.50★ ✓
Reviews	5	68 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.6y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	77	676 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Mobile Navigation Menu ShiftNav

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.