Sidebar Menu Widget
by Weblounge · Admin & Utilities
Easily add a sidebar menu to your widgetable sidebar. With this plugin you can create a sidebar menu.
47 health vs 54 average across 3,793 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4459 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
112
now · peak 182
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-01-01 · 1,383 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wakingmedia11.9y ago
The menu shows up great, but there are no classes on the sub menu items – so it’s impossible to style them.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ BruceRawles12.4y ago
Seems to work fine; thanks! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rinku1213.3y ago
This plugin is really amazing it’s very usefull for me. Thanks a lot Ankit Sakhareliya..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ payal12313.3y ago
that’s nice plugin for word press developer, good effort Ankit.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ls 201313.3y ago
it handles the job. thanks ankit. LS 2013 mods
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Weblounge13.3y ago
if you have any query then please contact me if you need any help then i will also provide Help. Thank You, Ankit Sakhareliya
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ppatel13.3y ago
Hi this plugin is user friendly..! nice really nice job….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hardik pansuriya13.3y ago
very useful for us thank’s ankit
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 300+ → 200+ down after 297 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 400+ → 300+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-09-08 300+ → 400+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-08-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-23 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-21 400+ → 300+ down after 8 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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Easy Sidebar Menu Widget 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Responsive Vertical Icon Menu 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
SideMenu 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPB Floating Menu or Categories – Sticky Floating Side Menu & Categories with Icons 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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