Context Manager
by Phill Brown · Admin & Utilities
Make your site react to users' context by changing your theme's CSS and JavaScript files, navigation menus, sidebars and the HTML body tag.
47 health vs 54 average across 3,793 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4674 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
43
now · peak 76
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
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
12.8y ago
latest release · v1.2.0
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-06-03 · 1,378 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 ↗- ★★★★★ aplussideas11.5y ago
This plug-in does what a bunch of others only accomplish partially. And it does it elegantly via WordPress conditionals. Awesome work indeed!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ seitenprofi11.6y ago
Works with WP 4.1 (Twenty twelve) and Events Manager. Now all events have their active navigation item back. Thanks a lot!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pburke12.9y ago
Want to display a custom post type at a specific point in your menu hierarchy? This plugin makes it easy. Wish I had found it several hours ago!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ygene13.4y ago
It took just 2 minutes to install and fix the problem I was having with the menu item not staying active with the single pages from a portfolio.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rock9design13.7y ago
We have been looking quite a while for a way to fix exactly what this plugin fixes, so very happy it exists! Works like a charm and great support if you have any questions on it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-19 30+ → 20+ down after 134 days in tier
- 2025-03-07 40+ → 30+ down after 138 days in tier
- 2024-10-20 50+ → 40+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2024-10-03 40+ → 50+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-09-25 50+ → 40+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2024-09-19 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2024-09-10 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-08 40+ → 50+ up after 1 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).
- C Conditional Menus 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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If Menu – Visibility control for Menus 50K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Widget Context 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Dynamic Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
ThemeZee Toolkit 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
If Widget – Visibility control for Widgets 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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