Custom Menu Class
by Aiken1 · Admin & Utilities
Set predefined CSS classes to menu items
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “classes”, “css class” and “css classes” 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.
42 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 15.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 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.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3841 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
3.2★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3841 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| classes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css class your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css classes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu class your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “classes”, “css class” and “css classes” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months 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 13 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ yesyeswordpress9.8y ago
Nice and simple. However, if you have this menu icons plugin installed; https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-icons/ ..it doesn’t work, nor do you even see an option to select css classes. Also, could’ve been even more simple if it worked like WP used to work; simply a text field in the menu settings underneath each item, where you write your css classes.. That would be more straightforward and not require to go to another settings page to create classes. Hope that can be changed in the future?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hatez9.9y ago
Good plugin This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by hatez.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ br3wow10.2y ago
Work correctly!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ogiwa10.6y ago
🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pedro Magnifico10.6y ago
Installing this plugin removed my theme’s built in options for configuring menu items and replaced them with a panel that only allows you to apply a style but I was unable to create any styles. There is a panel that lists all styles in the Settings panel (mistakenly referred to as Options in the instructions, unless I misunderstood) but no “add new” button. So I was unable to create a class, rendering the class pulldown in the menu builder ineffective.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alex1nd10.7y ago
no work
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 689 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-29 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 300+ → 200+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-10 300+ → 200+ down after 353 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 400+ → 300+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2024-12-29 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-28 400+ → 300+ down after 10 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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Menu Item Custom Attributes 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B - D Duplicate Menu 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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Widget CSS Classes 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C
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