Gecka Submenu
by Gecka · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Submenu autopopulates any nav menu page item with its children and allows to put menus, or portion of menus, anywhere in your site.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈3K estimated
Momentum
+44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “child”, “nav menu” and “sub 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.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 60.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.1★ over 16 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| child your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nav menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sub menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| submenu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “child”, “nav menu” and “sub 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 286 · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
11.0y ago
latest release · v0.7.3 · 20 Oct 2015
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 25 days ago and the previous band took 20 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 3K.
Install history since 29 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wael_elsaid9.9y ago
Hello, I want to thank you for this great plugin as I searched for a plugin like this for a long time and didn’t find until I saw this and read its description and its video but it didn’t work with wp 4.7 So, can you upgrade its code?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mrjonnywood10.5y ago
I’ve been using this plugin on client sites for years now. Simple interface, easy to use, does what you need. Part of my “essential plugins” list used in all projects.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kowsar Hossain10.5y ago
Works fine for me
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stormcry710.7y ago
Wokrs as it should 🙂 I am really happy with it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ datagutten11.3y ago
It works perfectly, now all of my submenus are dynamic. Only thing I don’t like is that there is a commercial pro version.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mkormendy11.3y ago
I love this plugin, it does exactly what it’s supposed to.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ishko11.6y ago
Needed to divide a navigation menu in several submenus. Needed to include menus in theme files and change some option of wp_nav_menu for display (in my case the ID of the menu container). The plugin perfectly took everything in charge. Big Thank You for the developper !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ FantazmStudio11.7y ago
Does what it is expected to do. And does it well.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.7.3 Support WP 4.3 Fixes 0.7.3
- — Version 0.7.2 Only show option to auto populate for nav menu item of type page 0.7.2
- — Version 0.7.1 German Fixes 0.7.1
- — Version 0.7 performances enhancements better widget with specific class support added a gk_submenu_widget_fallback action to use to display custom content when the widget has no menu entries to display WordPress 3.5 compatibility fi 0.7
- — Version 0.6 shortcodes caching performances improvement fix: show categories submenus when viewing posts or archives WPML support more fixes 0.6
- — Version 0.5.3 add menu item description positioning fix template action fix start_from parameter that wasn’t used 0.5.3
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 84 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 60 more locales with partial translations.
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
2 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 "Submenu autopopulates any nav menu page item with its children and allows to put menus, or portion of menus..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 608 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "3.0", "Sub-menu" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-06 3K+ → 2K+ down after 604 days in tier
- 2025-02-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-07 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-06 4K+ → 3K+ down after 454 days in tier
- 2023-11-10 5K+ → 4K+ down after 411 days in tier
- 2022-09-25 6K+ → 5K+ down after 727 days in tier
- 2020-09-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 316 days in tier
- 2019-11-17 8K+ → 7K+ down
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).
- E Enhanced Custom Menu 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Child Theme Configurator 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Nav Menu Roles 70K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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