WordPress plugin comparison

Nav Menu Roles vs Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)

Nav Menu Roles

by HelgaTheViking

70K+ installs4.9

Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)

by Jory Hogeveen

1K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Nav Menu Roles has more active installs: 70K+, against 1K+ for Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars).
On a typical day, Nav Menu Roles is downloaded about 734 times, Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars) about 27.
Nav Menu Roles is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 219 reviews, against 4.8 from 38 reviews.
Nav Menu Roles was updated more recently: Oct 30, 2026, against Oct 21, 2026 for Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars).
Nav Menu Roles resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars).
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.0.
Nav Menu Roles has been around longer: since 2012, against 2016 for Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars).

Nav Menu Roles leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Nav Menu Roles	Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)
Popular rank	#610	#6,814
Active installs	70K+	1K+
Downloads, last 30 days	35.4K	1.3K
Rating	4.9(219)	4.8(38)
Support threads resolved	100%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.0	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.28	×0.62
Last release	12 days ago	21 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.4

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