Admin Menu Groups
by chaimchaikin · Admin & Utilities
Admin Menu Groups allows you to create nested menus in the WordPress admin sidebar navigation and organize all menu items in groups as needed.
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
700+
≈780 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin” and “menu” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
52 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.2%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 7.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2024-12-02Reviewers say it does exactly what it promises, cleaning up and grouping the admin menu with drag and drop, and one confirms it still works on recent PHP and WordPress, though a couple would like more control over levels and icons plus a sign the plugin's still being updated.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1945 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 18 reviews, smoothed to 4.31★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Last updated 1945 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin” and “menu” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 248 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.
Install history since 16 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kenmundell1.9y ago
Does an excellent job doing exactly what I wanted to, organize and group my admin menu. If I could ask for anything additional, the ability to disable icons on main level items added to the second level, and the ability to move items between levels, ie. move items from the third level to the second level. But overall, this solves exactly what I wanted to do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Keith2.2y ago
Works w/ PHP 8.3 + WP6.6.1 Since references that I can find for WP core for menu items go back to early 2010, I don’t think this plugin has to be updated frequently. It does the job real quick. I super appreicate the dev’s effort on this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bllynx3.9y ago
Super👍
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Génesis4.7y ago
It works perfect. I can even drag and hide each item, which is more than I expected to find. It’s excellent.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Juanzo5.0y ago
Great plugin to cleanup the UI. Lightweight, simple and efficient code that does it’s job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aglyons5.0y ago
Got the admin menu all cleaned up!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Konstantin5.1y ago
Great and complitly underrated plugin. I’ve been looking plugin like this for two year and finnaly found. Many thanks to author. Cheers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ takannaka5.2y ago
Rapide et fiable
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (0.1.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 5.5 Admin Menu Groups <= 0.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-08-19 CVE-2025-49035 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 0.1.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Admin Menu Groups allows you to create nested menus in the WordPress admin sidebar navigation and organize..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 346 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-16 800+ → 700+ down after 138 days in tier
- 2026-03-31 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 800+ → 900+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 800+ → 900+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - C Conditional Menus 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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WP Custom Admin Interface 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Admin Menu Tree Page View 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Remove admin menus by role 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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