Menu Child Indicator
by macbookandrew · Admin & Utilities
Adds the css class .has-children to menu items that have a submenu to allow css styling.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,221 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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 1959 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
25
now · peak 57
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-06-26 20+ → 10+ down after 19 days in band
- 2023-06-07 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-06-06 20+ → 10+ down after 18 days in band
- 2023-05-19 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-05-17 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-05-14 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-13 20+ → 10+ down after 30 days in band
- 2023-04-13 10+ → 20+ up after 2 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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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Child Theme Configurator 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B - D Duplicate Menu 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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