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Fixed Circular Navigation Menu

by e-crespo · Admin & Utilities

Fixed fancy navigation, perfect as an extra or mobile auxiliar menu. Circular shaped with a modern look that opens when menu button is clicked

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4344 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+39% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Sep 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

78

now · peak 163

7630d downloads · Sep 26

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

Fixed Circular Navig · #24136 you Max Mega Menu · #164 WP Mobile Menu · #579 QuadMenu · #1552

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · Sep 26

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.

2.5Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

12.0y ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 12.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
30–40 ≈37

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-10-23 · 1,386 observations

30Installs · Sep 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.1.1
Last updated
11.9y ago
Added
2014-08-20 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.8
Tested up to
4.0.38
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. fluffyfour
    10.4y ago

    This had the prospect of being a really good plugin, but as it only allows 1 position in the free version, at the bottom of the screen, it’s unusable. I’m not sure if this is even still being supported, but that inflexibility of position makes it impossible for most designers as it interferes with footers and may even not be seen!

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  2. jonnylander
    11.4y ago

    It’s a really great and simply plugin! First I tested the free version and after a few days I bought the PRO version. I think the price is absolutely appropriate for the product you get. I had a few problems with selecting icons from “font-awesome”, because my server hast disabled url_allow_fopen. The support was great and I get a fixed version, that runs without problems on my server! THUMBS UP!

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  3. Wonder Women
    11.4y ago

    For many years now I have been searching for a plugin like this one. I just built and launched a brand new site for Wonder Women and the Fixed Circular Navigation Menu compliments what I envisioned for the site and then some. It works very well and with a little bit of imagination you can certainly make the 8 elements work perfectly. The customer service provided by the plugin developer Enrique and his team was exceptional and they answered all my questions . I am excited to see the updates with this plugin. You can see this plugin in action at http://www.wonder-women.org (top navigation) and mediaworld.wonder-women.org (left side navigation) Aliya Hallim-Byne Founder/CEO The Wonder Women Organization

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  4. Betxxl
    11.5y ago

    Limitation of 8 elements ruined my idea. Why can not it be a full menu with submenus? A friend you have to do it! Your product is good, but it would be ideal if the opportunity menus and submenus. Compact – this is a super idea, but there is not possible without a submenu to hide everything. = (

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  5. airayn
    11.8y ago

    This is a very good product. Good enough I bought the inexpensive pro version. It is worth it to upgrade to the pro version. The developer is awesome and was quick to answer my questions. Also this implementation of a responsive side menu is the best I have seen relative to all the other ones I tested out for my site.

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  6. Richard from Australia
    11.9y ago

    I loved it so much I bought the pro version which costs next to nothing- I had not set up my wordpress site correctly and the plugin was not working due to my poor installation (give me a break I was still learning) so I send a support request and bang within minutes I had an answer. as a business owner thats the support that keeps me in business – so fantastic plugin and fantastic support and for the pro version of $9 thats peanuts for a professional grade plugin. now that Iam more familiar with setting up a wordpress site I now use it on several sites all without any problems with the installation – upload, activate and thats it Very clean and easy to use admin area, which for me is very important for the most part all you do is click a few options which are displayed easily (they are not check boxes but an image of what you want to achieve – very nice way to do it- you simply click how you want it to look add your links pick where you want it to appear on your site and tada it’s up there| |if you want a side menu- download the free one and then for peanuts you’ll upgrade to the pro version because it works so well and is easy to use

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-24 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-23 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-22 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-15 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-14 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-13 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-11 40+ → 30+ down after 282 days in tier
  8. 2025-08-02 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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