Multisite Shared Menu
by Ben Greeley · Uncategorized
Use navigation menus from another multisite blog on the same network to achieve a universal common navigation area.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈60 estimated
Momentum
-10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “menus”, “multisite” and “navigation” 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.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 8.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4133 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| menus your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “menus”, “multisite” and “navigation” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 162 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 1190 days.
Install history since 16 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ digitalkristen1.6y ago
I have a multisite setup with a main and 5 subsites. I set up the primary nav on the main and used this plugin to copy it to all of the subsites. All but one. The subsite running the Neve theme just won’t copy the menu over. Other than that, it is awesome and has saved me a ton of time already! I just need to set up about10 more subsites and copy the menu to all of those, as well!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nickgarner6.3y ago
It works on the latest WordPress multisite as of this review date
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jpollock9.4y ago
Works perfectly. Just as described. Saved us a ton of time! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bradford10.2y ago
Breaks admin bar on any site this plugin is active on. The admin bar will act like you are on the site that this plugin is getting the shared menus from. I’ll change my rating if this bug is fixed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ raizaduran10.4y ago
Thank you for the amazing plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ninanmnm10.5y ago
I have a multisite installation with one master site and one child. Needed the child to look and feel exactly like the parent site, and I didn’t want to worry about updating the menu twice. This worked for me. I had to create an empty menu on the child site and assign it to the appropriate location, and then it worked.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Abland11.5y ago
Very nice job. I’ve coded global menus in the past but hit a bit of a roadblock on a current framework. I spent an hour or so trying to get the responsive menu to sync up alongside the global and function the same way. I was getting close but it wasn’t quite the same as the native blog menu – then I decided to search and found your plugin. Very nice job – clean, light, and does what it says. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eb0la11.6y ago
Works as advertised to achieve a universal menu across blogs in my multisite environment.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 327 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-24 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 50+ → 60+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-09-21 60+ → 50+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 50+ → 60+ up after 88 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 50+ → 60+ up after 184 days in tier
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).
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Import Export Menu 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Responsive Navigation Block 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C - A Auto Subpage Menu 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- B Better Menu Widget 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- D Dropdown Menus 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Accessible Dropdown Menus 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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