Zen Menu Logic vs Custom Page Menus

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

Zen Menu Logic

by zenofwordpress

Health D50

Custom Page Menus

by ray.viljoen

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Zen Menu Logic Custom Page 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	Zen Menu Logic	Custom Page Menus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	70–80
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-30%
Overall health	D · 50 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.54★ ✓	3.77★
Reviews	19 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago ✓	15.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	162 ✓	82
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Zen Menu Logic Custom Page 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.