WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Widgets vs Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus

Essential Widgets

by Catch Themes

10K+ installs3.5

Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus

by gunnertech

Fewer than 10 installs

At a glance

Essential Widgets has more active installs: 10K+, against fewer than 10 for Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus.
On a typical day, Essential Widgets is downloaded about 75 times, Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus about 1.
Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus has no reviews yet.
Essential Widgets was updated more recently: Jun 18, 2026, against Mar 22, 2012 for Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus.
Essential Widgets is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.3.2 for Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus.
Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus has been around longer: since 2012, against 2017 for Essential Widgets.

Essential Widgets leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Widgets	Gunner Technology Dynamic Menus
Popular rank	#1,809	–
Active installs	10K+	Fewer than 10
Downloads, last 30 days	1.7K	26
Rating	3.5(2)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	3.3.2
Search multiplier	×0.86	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	14 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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