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.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
-1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “sidebar menu”, “sidebar menu plugin” and “sidebar menu widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 22.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4521 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4521 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| sidebar menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar menu plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar menu widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar vertical menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “sidebar menu”, “sidebar menu plugin” and “sidebar menu widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 182 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 71% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jan 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wakingmedia12.1y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ BruceRawles12.5y ago
Seems to work fine; thanks! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rinku1213.5y ago
This plugin is really amazing it’s very usefull for me. Thanks a lot Ankit Sakhareliya..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ payal12313.5y ago
that’s nice plugin for word press developer, good effort Ankit.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ls 201313.5y ago
it handles the job. thanks ankit. LS 2013 mods
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Weblounge13.5y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ ppatel13.5y ago
Hi this plugin is user friendly..! nice really nice job….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hardik pansuriya13.5y 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
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily add a sidebar menu to your widgetable sidebar. With this plugin you can create a sidebar menu."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 147 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("sidebar menu plugin", "sidebar menu widget", "sidebar vertical menu" missing).
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
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