Zen Menu Logic
by zenofwordpress · Admin & Utilities
Zen Menu Logic allows the user to select any of several custom menus to appear on a per page basis.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “custom menus” and “menu logic” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 26K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 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.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3271 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 19 reviews, smoothed to 4.32★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3271 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom menus your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu logic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “custom menus” and “menu logic” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 255 · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ corrinarusso8.8y ago
Thank you! Works perfectly right out of the box. Conditional Menus plugin failed. And If Menu plugin has no options at all. Working with Beaver Builder plugin and Beaver Builder theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rkarayaka9.3y ago
Zen Menu is not working after Enfold Theme’s last update. Are you planning to fix this problem soon? I disabled Zen Menu for now but need to use asap.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Artneo9.7y ago
It really does what it says. Thanks a lot for creating this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sonnylodi10.2y ago
Incredible happy to have found this plugin. I have tried it, and it works perfect. My website is being translated in several languages and as soon as that is done i will active Greg’s Plugin again and place individual menus. But please Greg, can you make this work on mobile phones also? It would be a huge improvement. I am willing to donate money for that, and i am sure others will to. Looking forward to a feedback on this from you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hoitl10.4y ago
Easy to work with, because integrated perfectly 😉 Thank you ^^
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Schmiddy10.4y ago
Thx, it saved me a lot of time! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bizstudio10.4y ago
After looking at several plugins – some didn’t offer me page by page options – some allowed only excluding menu items not just menus… This was just what I was after and worked as expected. Just one thing I found – I had to have a default menu selected – which was a little illogical. Eg. Turn on ‘Menu 1’ as default so that on pages I could select to switch from this to ‘Menu 2’ Thanks for the plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cmjwatts10.6y ago
I needed to be able to adjust the headers for pages that were translated into a different language and this plugin worked perfectly! Easy to install, select which menu you wanted to control, and then go to the pages I needed the alternative menu. Couldn’t have asked for an easier solution!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Zen Menu Logic allows the user to select any of several custom menus to appear on a per page basis."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 876 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-05-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-05-14 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-13 2K+ → 1K+ down after 790 days in tier
- 2023-03-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1146 days in tier
- 2020-01-24 900+ → 3K+ 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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