Quick Navigation Interface
by Ian Dunn · Admin & Utilities
Quickly access screens and content within wp-admin just by typing the first few letters of the name.
47 health vs 54 average across 2,370 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 2046 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
16
now · peak 84
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 60+ → 50+ down after 71 days in band
- 2026-04-07 50+ → 60+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-03-25 60+ → 50+ down after 41 days in band
- 2026-02-12 70+ → 60+ down after 109 days in band
- 2025-10-26 80+ → 70+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-10-05 90+ → 80+ down after 68 days in band
- 2025-07-29 100+ → 90+ down after 907 days in band
- 2023-02-03 200+ → 100+ 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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Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Page scroll to id 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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