Dropdown Menus
by Robert O'Rourke · Uncategorized
Display your WordPress menus as a dropdown select box. Great for mobile designs.
45 health vs 66 average across 3,874 Uncategorized 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4930 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
36
now · peak 81
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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-04 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-03 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 356 days in band
- 2024-11-11 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-08 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-06 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-11-02 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-01 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Responsive Navigation Block 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Responsive Menu – Create Mobile-Friendly Menu 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShiftNav – Responsive Mobile Menu 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Import Export Menu 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - A Auto Subpage Menu 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- B Better Menu Widget 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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