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Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer

by zootemplate · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 1 other plugin · 2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Fully control over WordPress navigation menus with ease of visual editing from Visual Composer.

Removed from WordPress.org

wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-07-14 — for a security issue. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews⚠ Open vulnerability

Health

D 46/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability

Active installs

1K+

≈1.5K estimated

Momentum

-52%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “flyout menu”, “mega menu” and “navigation 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.

How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 67/100
Support 70/100
Security 65/100

46 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.0%

of downloads still active

At least 1K of 33.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
6.9y ago
Added
2017-01-13 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
5.3.21
Requires PHP
5.6

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.

41 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 1/100

Updated 2524 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 17/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.3.21; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 56/100

3.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.01★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 2524 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-52% vs prior 30d
414 Jul 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 207 · peaks are release surges

9614 Jul 2026

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

Clever Mega Menu for · #6930youClever Mega Menu for · #5387RoarDev Mega Menu Bu · #27805Naviplus Menu Builde · #63281

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.314 Jul 2026

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.

9614 Jul 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

9.7y ago

latest release · v1.0.0 · 13 Feb 2017

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 13 Feb 2017

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.5K

Crossed into this band 2.8 years 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 29 Apr 2017

1K14 Jul 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ hembachrolandcxp
    7.2y ago

    This is only one plugin which works without replace the whole menu system and works with VC. Please update your plugin, it broke the color pickers in the whole website.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ martin1723
    7.9y ago

    I purchased the Pro Version of Clever Mega Menu together with WPBakery Page Builder. It’s worth it. I created a mega menu with sub and sub-sub mega menus with full page width. I had some issues to solve with the alignment of the mega menu panels. But the support was great! They sent custom css code to solve all my problems. Many thanks for this. Notice that (as far as I understand) the plugin doesn’t overwrite theme settings for the menu (e.g. line hight, font hight…). To adapt this, you’ll have to edit the theme css (style.css). Hint: If you have anything you want to show to the support team, don’t send attachements with your mail. Use google drive or any other image storage service instead and send the link to the support team.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ clientclicks
    8.1y ago

    I unfortunately purchased the pro version with high hopes, but there was a conflict with my theme’s mobile menu and this plugin didn’t work.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ Cirrus114
    8.3y ago

    J’ai acheté ce produit. Ce plugin n’est pas complet beaucoup de problèmes. J’ai pris beaucoup de temps à apprendre comment il fonctionnais mais ces fonctions sont très limité. Je ne conseille pas ce Plugin.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ Ikarus47
    8.4y ago

    Хороший плагин, но есть одна проблема. При установке Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer в WPBakery Page Builder пропадает возможность настройки произвольного цвета элементов. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by Ikarus47.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ Dan9
    9.8y ago

    Great work!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

  1. 2026-08-02 CVE-2026-11872 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.0.1 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 Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✕ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Spain) 4%
Dutch 1%

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

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-01-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2024-01-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-01-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2024-01-07 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-01-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 4 days in tier
  6. 2024-01-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-01-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 454 days in tier
  8. 2022-10-04 4K+ → 2K+ down after 1050 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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