WP Categ Menu
by alvaron · Admin & Utilities
Description: Widget/shortcodes menu(list or select field) based on posts categories/pages(also for custom post types and custom taxonomies).
41 health vs 54 average across 2,444 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 5419 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
53
now · peak 174
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-06 40+ → 30+ down after 405 days in band
- 2025-01-25 30+ → 40+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-01-05 40+ → 30+ down after 12 days in band
- 2024-12-24 30+ → 40+ up after 57 days in band
- 2024-10-28 40+ → 30+ down after 594 days in band
- 2023-03-14 50+ → 40+ down after 15 days in band
- 2023-02-27 40+ → 50+ up after 12 days in band
- 2023-02-15 50+ → 40+ down after 74 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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List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - P Posts List 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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List categories 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
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