Better Menu Widget
by Tracey Holinka · Admin & Utilities
Better Menu Widget makes it easy to customize your menu widgets by adding css styles and a heading link.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2758 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
88
now · peak 113
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
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
7.6y ago
latest release · v1.5.1
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,428 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Richard Leishman9.6y ago
Working very well, thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mover11.6y ago
На вид меню такое же, как стандартное.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iamcanadian197311.9y ago
Widget Title link = awesome! I wish all widgets had this option.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ moonliner12.7y ago
Clean, works great, makes multiple menu instances easy to style, and when used with something like the Display Widgets plug-in I can build multiple menus in place while keeping the building process hidden from visitors. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Papik8113.1y ago
Good work, man! Exactly what I’ve been looking for!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-27 700+ → 600+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 700+ → 600+ down after 214 days in tier
- 2025-05-06 800+ → 700+ down after 157 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 900+ → 800+ down after 168 days in tier
- 2024-06-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-13 900+ → 1K+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-06-07 1K+ → 900+ down
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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Custom Menu Wizard Widget 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Import Export Menu 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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