Menu Humility
by Mark Jaquith · Admin & Utilities
Don't you hate it when plugins add top level menus between "Dashboard" and "Posts"? This shoves those to the end.
50 health vs 54 average across 2,625 Admin & Utilities plugins
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 4.9.29, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3012 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
64
now · peak 174
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-05-29 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-25 300+ → 200+ down after 588 days in band
- 2024-10-14 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-12 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-10-07 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-06 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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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Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Admin Toolbar Menus 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C - A Auto Subpage Menu 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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