CMS Navigation
by Amir Helzer · Admin & Utilities
Out-of-the-box support for full CMS navigation in your WordPress site including drop down menus, breadcrumbs trail and sidebar navigation.
41 health vs 64 average across 831 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7, 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 5340 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
32
now · peak 78
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-18 30+ → 20+ down after 29 days in band
- 2025-09-19 20+ → 30+ up after 117 days in band
- 2025-05-25 30+ → 20+ down after 390 days in band
- 2024-04-30 40+ → 30+ down after 261 days in band
- 2023-08-13 50+ → 40+ down after 201 days in band
- 2023-01-24 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Import Export Menu 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - A Auto Subpage Menu 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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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 -
User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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