Section Subnav
by benknight · Admin & Utilities
Adds a widget and template function for displaying subnavigation based on the current navigation state.
46 health vs 62 average across 906 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 3.2.1, 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 5435 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
23
now · peak 62
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 “60+”. 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
- 2026-04-20 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-18 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-04-14 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-04-07 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-04 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-01 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-31 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-03-24 60+ → 70+ up after 2 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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WP Widget in Navigation 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Custom Menu Wizard Widget 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - E Exclude Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/section-subnav" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Section Subnav — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Section Subnav: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/section-subnav