Wield Menu vs Purify WP Menus

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

Health D47

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Wield Menu moved down one install band, 20+ to 10+; Purify WP Menus moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Wield Menu	Purify WP Menus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200–300 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-33% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	4	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.3y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	47	240 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.6% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Performance

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

Release activity

Wield MenuPurify WP Menus

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.