WordPress plugin comparison

Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu vs Side Menu Lite

Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu

by QuantumCloud

10+ installs5.0

Side Menu Lite

by Wow-Company

7K+ installs4.0

At a glance

Side Menu Lite has more active installs: 7K+, against 10+ for Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu.
On a typical day, Side Menu Lite is downloaded about 38 times, Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu about 7.
Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.0 from 12 reviews.
Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu was updated more recently: Sep 14, 2026, against Aug 25, 2026 for Side Menu Lite.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Side Menu Lite has been around longer: since 2019, against 2020 for Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu.

Side Menu Lite leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu	Side Menu Lite
Popular rank	#30,507	#2,617
Active installs	10+	7K+
Downloads, last 30 days	139	1.3K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.0(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.75
Last release	1 month ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	5.6.0	7.4

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