WordPress plugin comparison
Responsive Menu vs SideMenu
At a glance
- Responsive Menu has more active installs: 70K+, against 900+ for SideMenu.
- On a typical day, Responsive Menu is downloaded about 654 times, SideMenu about 13.
- SideMenu is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 25 reviews, against 4.5 from 576 reviews.
- Responsive Menu was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Aug 14, 2026 for SideMenu.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Responsive Menu has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for SideMenu.
Line by line
Responsive Menu leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Responsive Menu |  SideMenu |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #567 | #7,253 |
| Active installs | 70K+ | 900+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 41K | 326 |
| Rating | 4.5(576) | 4.8(25) |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.05 | ×0.61 |
| Last release | 6 days ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.1 | 7.0 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
More comparisons
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free