Vertical Image Menu
by Benedikt Mo · Admin & Utilities
This wordpress plugin provides a shortcode to add a vertical scrolling image or icon menu.
45 health vs 61 average across 1,012 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5239 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
48
now · peak 157
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-01 20+ → 10+ down after 24 days in band
- 2026-04-07 10+ → 20+ up after 141 days in band
- 2025-11-17 20+ → 10+ down after 774 days in band
- 2023-10-05 30+ → 20+ down after 14 days in band
- 2023-09-21 20+ → 30+ up after 32 days in band
- 2023-08-20 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in band
- 2023-08-08 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-08-04 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
Competes with
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