Admin Menu Search
by herchen · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Admin Menu Search adds a search box filter to the top of the WordPress Admin Menu so you can easily locate items on sites with lots of menus.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “menu” for “locate”. “menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “locate” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →15%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 19.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,193 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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2025-04-14Reviewers love how light and zero-config it is, and they say the search finds submenu items reliably, with a couple asking it to handle top-level menus, dividers and submenu trimming too.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 57 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
28%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| menu search | #2 | #3 | up 1 |
| admin menu search your tag | #3 | #6 | down 1 |
| submenus | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| search admin menu your tag | #4 | #10 | 0 |
| admin menu your tag | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| admin search your tag | #8 | #15 | down 1 |
| search admin menus | #3 | #5 | — |
| add admin menu | #3 | #7 | up 1 |
| locate | #8 | #11 | — |
| search box on menu | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| search box to menu | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| search box | #11 | #15 | 0 |
| admin menu filter | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| admin menu plugin | #6 | #14 | up 2 |
| admin | #19 | #19 | up 1 |
| top menu | #18 | #20 | 0 |
| admin items | #13 | #16 | 0 |
| admin widget | #23 | #24 | down 4 |
| menu widget | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| admin menus | #14 | #16 | up 1 |
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
32 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “menu” for “locate”. “menu” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “locate” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · 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 · 82% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ OllieJones1.6y ago
I wish more plugin authors had herchen’s keep-it-simple sense of software aesthetics. No notice boxes, zero config, does one thing and does it well. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dennis Bareis2.3y ago
Doesn’t handle top admin menu or trimming submenus. It also doesn’t remove dividers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ baldosebastien2.7y ago
Perfect simple functionaly without any configuration required
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ivanjacek2.9y ago
Very good helper
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ firecentaur2.9y ago
I will install this in ALL of my sites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great optimizer for admins – find anything in the backend easily
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gvarona4.8y ago
Works perfectly. It even find items on submenus. Great plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ionatan4.9y ago
Super plugin, thanks 😀
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User5.3y ago
It does exactly what it says, and it does it well
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Admin Menu Search adds a search box filter to the top of the WordPress Admin Menu so you can easily locate..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 569 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin search", "search admin menu" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 123 days in tier
- 2025-08-28 3K+ → 4K+ up after 578 days in tier
- 2024-01-28 2K+ → 3K+ up after 533 days in tier
- 2022-08-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 637 days in tier
- 2020-11-14 500+ → 1K+ up after 100 days in tier
- 2020-08-06 100+ → 500+ up after 191 days in tier
- 2020-01-28 70+ → 100+ up
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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Hide Admin Menu Items 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Move Admin Menu Items 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B - D Duplicate Menu 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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