Side Menu Lite vs Simple Floating Menu

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

Side Menu Lite

by Wow-Company

Health B83

Simple Floating Menu

by hashthemes

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Side Menu Lite Simple Floating 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	Side Menu Lite	Simple Floating Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 83	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.95★	4.74★ ✓
Reviews	12	38 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	81/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	997	6.7K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Side Menu Lite Simple Floating 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.