WP Nav Menu Cache
by Md Jahidul Islam · Performance
Create cache for dynamically generated navigation menu HTML and serve from a static file. It reduces some MySQL queries and increases page speed.
47 health vs 66 average across 753 Performance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1276 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
25
now · peak 75
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 · 1,369 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 80+ → 70+ down after 61 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 90+ → 80+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 100+ → 90+ down after 275 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-06-09 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A -
Breeze Cache 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B - D DB Cache Reloaded Fix 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
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Cache Enabler 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
SpinupWP 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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