User Menus vs Nav Menu Roles

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

User Menus

by Daniel Iser

Health A92

Nav Menu Roles

by HelgaTheViking

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

User Menus Nav Menu Roles

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	User Menus	Nav Menu Roles
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K ✓	70K–80K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 92 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	92/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	99/100 ✓	97/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.95★ ✓	4.87★
Reviews	1,276 ✓	219
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads · 30d	2.6K	5.4K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

User Menus Nav Menu Roles

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.