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 57 average across 1,507 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 4414 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
87
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
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 “200+”. 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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 300+ → 200+ down after 297 days in band
- 2025-09-23 400+ → 300+ down after 15 days in band
- 2025-09-08 300+ → 400+ up after 11 days in band
- 2025-08-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-25 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-23 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-21 400+ → 300+ down after 8 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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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 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 1K+ 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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