WP Menu Icons
by quadlayers · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 16 other plugins · 602.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Menu Icons allows you to add icons to your WordPress menu items.
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Health
A 91/100
no flags
Active installs
20K+
≈29K estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “icons”, “menu items” and “wordpress menu” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #7 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
91 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 789.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 7 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 26 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 139 reviews, smoothed to 4.69★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| menu icons your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| menu icon | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| wp menu | #4 | #5 | up 2 |
| quadmenu | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| icons | #6 | #6 | up 1 |
| megamenu your tag | #8 | #5 | down 2 |
| icons for menu | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| menu items | #7 | #8 | up 2 |
| wp megamenu | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| mega menu your tag | #11 | #10 | up 1 |
| menu your tag | #12 | #10 | down 2 |
| wordpress menu | #14 | #14 | down 2 |
| mega menu icon | #6 | #7 | 0 |
| icon | #11 | #7 | up 1 |
| fixed menu | #12 | #8 | up 1 |
| wordpress icons | #9 | #7 | down 1 |
| menu widget | #16 | #16 | down 1 |
| if menu | #12 | #10 | 0 |
| add menu | #12 | #10 | up 1 |
| woocommerce menu | #21 | #14 | 0 |
70 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 40 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “icons”, “menu items” and “wordpress menu” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #7 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “mega menu”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “menu”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 34.8K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
26d ago
latest release · v3.4.6 · 5 Oct 2026
62
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.6 years ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ koenig47121.1y ago
Virly a great plugin, works like a charm. Keep up the good work love It 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JzD1.1y ago
Great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Illumin1.2y ago
I used this plugin on a client’s site a while back, loved it. Now I’m beginning to use it on other sites, including my own. Great work guys!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tritigi1.2y ago
It’s fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bitterpil1.3y ago
Tried a few menu icon plugins to compliment my Yith theme, but this one has more choice of icons as standard. It doesn’t have an detrimental effects on other parts of the theme. I can recommend this plugin if your theme doesn’t natively support social icons or you wish to add dashboard type icons to your design.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ netcreator31.4y ago
cool
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nandusyoung1.4y ago
MUITO BOA A PARADA, VAI MESMO
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Standard Fire Safety1.6y ago
I wish it had more icons.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 3 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP Menu Icons allows you to add icons to your WordPress menu items."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 990 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "megamenu" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-03-20 10K+ → 20K+ up after 556 days in tier
- 2020-09-10 9K+ → 10K+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2020-07-21 8K+ → 9K+ up after 64 days in tier
- 2020-05-18 5K+ → 8K+ up after 128 days in tier
- 2020-01-11 4K+ → 5K+ up
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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QuadMenu – Mega Menu 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
HT Menu – WordPress Mega Menu Builder for Elementor 3K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
QuadMenu – OceanWP Mega Menu 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Mega Menu 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
EasyMega 5K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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