User role sidebar menu
by achyuth401 · Admin & Utilities
Manage custom Sidebar menus based on logged-in user.
45 health vs 56 average across 1,626 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 2888 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
58
now · peak 160
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-09 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-07 50+ → 60+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-01-31 60+ → 50+ down after 266 days in band
- 2025-05-10 70+ → 60+ down after 190 days in band
- 2024-11-01 80+ → 70+ down after 61 days in band
- 2024-09-01 70+ → 80+ up after 41 days in band
- 2024-07-22 80+ → 70+ down after 119 days in band
- 2024-03-25 90+ → 80+ down after 3 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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Shortcode in Menus 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Sidebar Menu 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPS Menu Exporter 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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