Responsive Vertical Icon Menu vs Vertical Menu Block for Sidebar Accordion Menu

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

Responsive Vertical Icon Menu

by wpdevart

Health B77

Vertical Menu Block for Sidebar Accordion Menu

by WPBean

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

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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	Responsive Vertical Icon Menu	Vertical Menu Block for Sidebar Accordion Menu
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800 ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	+67% ✓
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	75/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	—
Reviews	7 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	529 ✓	245
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	4.7% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Blocks

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

Release activity

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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.