Sort Admin Menus
by Janis Elsts · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 6 other plugins · 330.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Sorts the items in the "Settings" and "Tools" menus in alphabetical order.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,791 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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 3217 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
49
now · peak 75
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.
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
8.8y ago
latest release · v1.2.3
6
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 185 days.
Install history · since 2015-04-24 · 1,376 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous User 147118609.9y ago
So incredibly useful, why this isn’t a default I do not know!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sergio.pinna.prato10.2y ago
Nope, Doesn’t work! 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Earnie Rhyker10.7y ago
This should be part of WordPress … 10 years ago already! This plugin is such a blessing. Especially with 10+ plugins. Or 50-60 in our case.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chicchera11.1y ago
Does exactly as it says. It should be a core setting, but without this you wouldn’t know where to look for it…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris Cane12.1y ago
I can’t believe that the sorting of menus is not a built in option. I have only used this to sort a couple of menus so far. I started with the Settings Menu on the Dashboard because that unsorted list of menu options has angered me for years! I say WELL DONE and THANKS. Chris Cane Cincinnati [Link redacted]
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 60+ → 50+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 70+ → 60+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 76 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 70+ → 80+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-09 70+ → 80+ up 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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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Custom Admin Interface 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - C Conditional Menus 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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