Menu Hover Effects – CSS Menu Effects
by Green Jay Media · Admin & Utilities
CSS Menu Hover Effects plugin is easy to use, with 20+ different options. Just select the effect you want and choose colors. That’s it.
45 health vs 55 average across 1,845 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1822 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
27
now · peak 76
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-14 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-12 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-09 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-08 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-07 70+ → 60+ down after 211 days in band
- 2025-08-08 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-07 70+ → 80+ up after 25 days in band
- 2025-07-13 80+ → 70+ down after 67 days in band
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