WordPress plugin comparison
Sidebar Menu Items vs User Menus
At a glance
- User Menus has more active installs: 80K+, against 10+ for Sidebar Menu Items.
- On a typical day, User Menus is downloaded about 103 times, Sidebar Menu Items about 6.
- Sidebar Menu Items has no reviews yet.
- User Menus was updated more recently: Sep 13, 2026, against Jul 21, 2021 for Sidebar Menu Items.
- User Menus is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.0, against 5.8.19 for Sidebar Menu Items.
- User Menus has been around longer: since 2016, against 2020 for Sidebar Menu Items.
Line by line
User Menus leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Sidebar Menu Items |  User Menus |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #35,134 | #542 |
| Active installs | 10+ | 80K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 141 | 3.1K |
| Rating | No ratings | 5.0(1.3K) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 5.8.19 | 7.1.0 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.12 |
| Last release | 5 years ago | 1 month ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 5.6 |
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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