Customizer Hide Menu
by Pieter Bos · Admin & Utilities
Removes the Navigation Menu paqnel from the Customizer.
80 health vs 53 average across 2,821 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
41
now · peak 120
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 “80+”. 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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 90+ → 80+ down after 110 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 100+ → 90+ down after 1262 days in tier
- 2022-10-07 90+ → 100+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 -
Editor Menu and Widget Access 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Mobile Menu Builder for WordPress 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Search box on Navigation Menu 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Disable Customizer 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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