Nav Menu Manager vs Simple Custom CSS Plugin

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

Nav Menu Manager

by Robert Noakes

Health B74

Simple Custom CSS Plugin

by John Regan

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

Nav Menu Manager Simple Custom CSS Plugin

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	Nav Menu Manager	Simple Custom CSS Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 74 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	70/100 ✓	42/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★	4.68★ ✓
Reviews	5	159 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10mo ago ✓	1.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	201	6.5K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Nav Menu Manager Simple Custom CSS Plugin

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.