WordPress plugin comparison
Menu Image, Icons made easy vs Side Menu Lite
Menu Image, Icons made easy
by Rui Guerreiro
100K+ installs4.5
Side Menu Lite
by Wow-Company
7K+ installs4.0
At a glance
- Menu Image, Icons made easy has more active installs: 100K+, against 7K+ for Side Menu Lite.
- On a typical day, Menu Image, Icons made easy is downloaded about 231 times, Side Menu Lite about 38.
- Menu Image, Icons made easy is rated higher: 4.5 out of 5 from 123 reviews, against 4.0 from 12 reviews.
- Side Menu Lite was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Jul 20, 2025 for Menu Image, Icons made easy.
- Side Menu Lite is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.7.11 for Menu Image, Icons made easy.
- Menu Image, Icons made easy has been around longer: since 2013, against 2019 for Side Menu Lite.
Line by line
Menu Image, Icons made easy leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Menu Image, Icons made easy | Side Menu Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #408 | #2,617 |
| Active installs | 100K+ | 7K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 6.2K | 1.3K |
| Rating | 4.5(123) | 4.0(12) |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 6.7.11 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.42 | ×0.75 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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