CCS-Navigation
by David Gregg · Admin & Utilities
A dynamic navigation widget for those using WordPress as a web site as opposed to a basic blog.
41 health vs 55 average across 1,887 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4228 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
20
now · peak 61
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,364 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-28 20+ → 10+ down after 72 days in band
- 2025-08-17 10+ → 20+ up after 17 days in band
- 2025-07-31 20+ → 10+ down after 738 days in band
- 2023-07-24 30+ → 20+ down after 86 days in band
- 2023-04-29 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in band
- 2023-04-21 30+ → 20+ down after 9 days in band
- 2023-04-12 20+ → 30+ up after 20 days in band
- 2023-03-23 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - E Exclude Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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Login or Logout Menu Item 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Flexy Breadcrumb 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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