Responsive Menu vs Max Mega Menu

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

Health A89

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Responsive Menu moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Responsive Menu	Max Mega Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	A · 86
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	50/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	576	882 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	today ✓	yesterday
Downloads · 30d	23.3K	62K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5%	2.3% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Responsive MenuMax 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.