wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “menu editor”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “menu editor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20. 4 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #1 2

Classic Editor 8M+ · 4.9★ (1251) wp.org #2 3

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #4 ↑3 1 too low 4

User Role Editor 700K+ · 4.5★ (288) wp.org #3 1 too high 5

Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #5 ↑1 6

Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7

Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056) wp.org #9 ↓4 2 too low 8

Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ · 4.9★ (851) wp.org #10 2 too low 9

Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) heavy footprint wp.org #6 ↑8 3 too high 10

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #8 ↑4 2 too high 11

Nav Menu Roles 70K+ · 4.9★ (219) wp.org #11 ↑13 12

Responsive Menu – Mobile Menu & Hamburger Menu Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (574) wp.org #13 ↓4 1 too low 13

WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #15 ↓4 2 too low 14

Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ · 4.5★ (354) wp.org #12 ↓8 2 too high 15

Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer 6K+ · 4.3★ (109) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16

WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17

BEAR – Bulk Editor for WooCommerce Professional. AI assistant on board (MCP Server) 30K+ · 4.7★ (228) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18

WPFront User Role Editor 30K+ · 4.5★ (65) wp.org #18 ↓1 19

Htaccess File Editor – Safely Edit Htaccess File 40K+ · 5.0★ (102) wp.org #24 ↓2 5 too low 20

Iks Menu – WordPress Category Accordion Menu & FAQs 10K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21

BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #22 23

Ollie Menu Designer 6K+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24

Better Block Editor (BBE) 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) not PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #23 1 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.