Easy Menu Icons – Awesome Menu Icons
by themewant · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 10 other plugins · 11K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Easy Menu Icons Plugin for WordPress menu icon plugin where can decoration your menu item with different types icon.
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-17 — for a guideline violation. 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.
Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈750 estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “menu icons”, “nav icon” and “nav 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.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.8%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 7.1K 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 110 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| menu icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nav icon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nav menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “menu icons”, “nav icon” and “nav 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.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Aug 2024 · 731 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 712 · peaks are release surges
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.1.4 · 13 Jul 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 47% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 800+ in roughly 135 days.
Install history since 16 Aug 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ squaladesign1.5y ago
Not many configuration and does the job very fast/easy!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ibrahim Riaz2.2y ago
Best of Luck Easy Menu Icons
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
- 2026-05-14 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-13 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 700+ → 600+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 600+ → 700+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 600+ → 700+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 700+ → 600+ down 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).
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Material UI Menu Icons – Nifty Menu Options 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
sTRASHo 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
LSX Mega Menus 20+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-PageNavi 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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