Sortacular vs Admin Menu Customizer

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

Sortacular

by Ronald Huereca

Health B77

Admin Menu Customizer

by Bowo

Health D42

Active-install trajectory

Sortacular Admin Menu Customizer

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	Sortacular	Admin Menu Customizer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	D · 42
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	91/100 ✓	4/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.60★
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	49/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	3.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	57	182 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Sortacular Admin Menu Customizer

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.