WP Menu Item Status vs User Menus

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

WP Menu Item Status

by LiSa

Health D45

User Menus

by Daniel Iser

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

WP Menu Item Status User Menus

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	WP Menu Item Status	User Menus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.95★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,278 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	28	2.7K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

WP Menu Item Status User 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.