Navigable
by ainth · Admin & Utilities
Navigable is a WordPress plugin for template developers. It gives you an alternative to WordPress's wp_nav_menu() function.
45 health vs 57 average across 1,548 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5304 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
22
now · peak 81
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-26 30+ → 20+ down after 662 days in band
- 2024-07-03 40+ → 30+ down after 41 days in band
- 2024-05-23 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in band
- 2024-05-17 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in band
- 2024-05-12 30+ → 40+ up after 31 days in band
- 2024-04-11 40+ → 30+ down after 42 days in band
- 2024-02-29 30+ → 40+ up after 10 days in band
- 2024-02-19 40+ → 30+ down after 19 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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Import Export Menu 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Responsive Navigation Block 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B - A Auto Subpage Menu 800+ 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
- M Multisite Shared Menu 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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