Slide-out Menu vs Max Mega Menu

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

Slide-out Menu

by Simple Plugins

Health D51

Max Mega Menu

by megamenu

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Slide-out Menu 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	Slide-out Menu	Max Mega Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 51	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	12/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	46/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.27★	4.81★ ✓
Reviews	6	877 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	59/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.7y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	128	45.0K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Slide-out Menu 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.