Silencesoft Disable Menu Items
by silence · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin allow to hide or show menu items,
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “disable”, “hide” and “menu” 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.
44 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.9K 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 4003 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| disable your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hide your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu items 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
- “disable”, “hide” and “menu” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 96 · 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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.0y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 16 Nov 2015
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 70% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ default-design3.2y ago
Don’t work with new(/er/est) WP :((( !!! This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by default-design.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ conradish10.8y ago
Thanks. Works totally as expected. It does seem strange this isn’t in the core wordpress settings already.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ HonorTheyWordpress10.9y ago
Since not all site menus are simple, as multi-layered menus with custom links here and there are certainly far more complex… and this plugin provides a simple workable solution when a client says “can we remove that from the menu for the time being”. Instead of deleting item(s) and then later having to recreate them this tool now lets me simply disable/hide it without deleting. And that’s an incredible time saver. Why this isn’t a core option, I’ll never know… but it should be.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lukaluka811.2y ago
It does not work, tested with 4.3 and prev Version. Selectbox appears in the Menu Item, but when selecting it and click save, it does not get saved.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ben12.3y ago
It works well with my paid theme. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vishalverghese13.0y ago
This plugin works like a charm. Kudos to the person who developed it. Keep up the good work..
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin allow to hide or show menu items,"
- ! 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 314 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-13 300+ → 200+ down after 303 days in tier
- 2025-09-13 400+ → 300+ down after 264 days in tier
- 2024-12-23 500+ → 400+ down after 232 days in tier
- 2024-05-05 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-04 500+ → 600+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2024-04-21 600+ → 500+ down after 293 days in tier
- 2023-07-03 700+ → 600+ down after 781 days in tier
- 2021-05-13 800+ → 700+ down after 523 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).
- C Conditional Menus 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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If Menu – Visibility control for Menus 50K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Remove admin menus by role 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - T Themify Icons 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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WPS Notice Center 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - P Page Specific Menu Items 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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