WPB Floating Menu or Categories vs Category Posts in Custom Menu

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

Health B80

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

WPB Floating Menu or Categories moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WPB Floating Menu or Categories	Category Posts in Custom Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	43 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	307	575 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.2% ✓	1.8%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

WPB Floating Menu or CategoriesCategory Posts in Custom 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.