Menu Cache
by Ryan Hellyer · Performance
Caches WordPress navigation menus.
46 health vs 75 average across 322 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 3880 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
132
now · peak 63.9K
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 202 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-16 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-15 60+ → 50+ down after 23 days in band
- 2026-04-22 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-21 60+ → 50+ down after 56 days in band
- 2026-02-24 50+ → 60+ up after 20 days in band
- 2026-02-04 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-02 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-01-27 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- M Menu Duplicator 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
- Q Quick remove menu item 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D
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WP Widget in Navigation 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Bulk menu creator 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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