Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget vs Max Mega Menu

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

Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget

by Jeroen Peters

Health A88

Max Mega Menu

by megamenu

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget 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	Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget	Max Mega Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-25% ✓
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	A · 85
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	46/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.40★	4.81★ ✓
Reviews	10	877 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	13d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	1.9K	45.0K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget 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.