Recent Post to WP Nav Menu
by ankitr90 · Admin & Utilities
A WordPress plugin to include the latest post link for a post type to the nav menu.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,535 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 3164 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
133
now · peak 144
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
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
- 2026-07-17 50+ → 40+ down after 227 days in band
- 2025-12-02 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-01 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-30 60+ → 50+ down after 78 days in band
- 2025-09-13 50+ → 60+ up after 23 days in band
- 2025-08-21 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-08-18 50+ → 60+ up after 24 days in band
- 2025-07-25 60+ → 50+ 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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Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Nav Menu Roles 70K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B - N Nav Menu Images 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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LuckyWP ACF Menu Field 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recent-post-to-wp-nav-menu" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Recent Post to WP Nav Menu — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Recent Post to WP Nav Menu: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recent-post-to-wp-nav-menu