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WP Mega Menu vs Max Mega Menu

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

Max Mega Menu is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 49 for WP Mega Menu, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

WP Mega Menu moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP Mega Menu	Max Mega Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	300K–400K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	9K+ → 8K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 49	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	50/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	219	883 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.0y ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	747	155.8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+49%	-41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4%	2.3% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

WP Mega MenuMax 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.