Black Studio Touch Dropdown Menu
by Black Studio · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 201.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add support for navigation dropdown menus on mobile / touch devices.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.6K estimated
Momentum
+46%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Under-ranked on “touchscreen”. wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #12. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 53.1K 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1584 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 22 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1584 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| touchscreen your tag | #24 | #12 | down 3 |
| dropdown your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mobile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| touch your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Under-ranked on “touchscreen”. wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #12. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
- “dropdown”, “menu” and “mobile” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 405 · 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.
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
4.3y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 1 Jul 2022
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 14 months ago; the previous band took 2.7 years to cross, which places it about 58% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ felix767.8y ago
Just install and activate it, and on my twentytwelve child theme the menu is working again on tablets. But for smart phones I use in addition the plugin WP Responsive Menu. This way the old twentytwelve theme is fine again on smart phones, tablets and desktop. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ martin68t10.5y ago
Easy to install. Seems to solve the menu issues when using a tablet and the Hueman theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eyebuzz10.7y ago
Easy to install – and that was it – no settings to play work and worked right away. My issues was both mega menu and drop down menu not working on mobile (opening the link instead of the next level of navigation). Worked fantastic!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ createscape10.8y ago
Works well with the Spacious WordPress theme. Tested on android and IOS tablets
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rytisg10.8y ago
Works like a charm! Now I won’t be losing my mobile customers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mark11.6y ago
Didn’t cause issues on the desktop browsers I’ve tried and on the mobile browsers I tried I was able to access the sub menus I needed to, so seems a winner so far!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jlevant11.7y ago
Just tested on iphone 6 – ios 8.1 – doesn’t work. Works fine on Samsung Galaxies. I hope this will be addressed soon as I can’t find any other solutions!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ VisualDigits11.7y ago
worked out of the box without any configuration needed. Very cool – thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add support for navigation dropdown menus on mobile / touch devices."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Forcing plugin’s behavior on iOS").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,429 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "touchscreen" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 984 days in tier
- 2022-12-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 621 days in tier
- 2021-04-18 4K+ → 3K+ down after 635 days in tier
- 2019-07-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 533 days in tier
- 2018-02-05 3K+ → 5K+ up after 797 days in tier
- 2015-12-01 2K+ → 3K+ 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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AWEOS Offcanvas Menu for Divi 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Responsive Menu 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShiftNav – Responsive Mobile Menu 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
SlickNav Mobile Menu 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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