WordPress plugin comparison
Nav Menu Roles vs WP Simple Menu Icons
Nav Menu Roles
by HelgaTheViking
70K+ installs4.9
WP Simple Menu Icons
by Alessandro Tesoro
Fewer than 10 installs
At a glance
- Nav Menu Roles has more active installs: 70K+, against fewer than 10 for WP Simple Menu Icons.
- On a typical day, Nav Menu Roles is downloaded about 734 times, WP Simple Menu Icons about 1.
- WP Simple Menu Icons has no reviews yet.
- Nav Menu Roles was updated more recently: Oct 30, 2026, against Dec 31, 2020 for WP Simple Menu Icons.
- Nav Menu Roles is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.0, against 5.6.23 for WP Simple Menu Icons.
- Nav Menu Roles has been around longer: since 2012, against 2020 for WP Simple Menu Icons.
Line by line
Nav Menu Roles leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Nav Menu Roles | WP Simple Menu Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #610 | #61,523 |
| Active installs | 70K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 35.4K | 29 |
| Rating | 4.9(219) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.0 | 5.6.23 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.28 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 12 days ago | 5 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
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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