WordPress plugin comparison
User Menus vs User role sidebar menu
At a glance
- User Menus has more active installs: 80K+, against 40+ for User role sidebar menu.
- On a typical day, User Menus is downloaded about 103 times, User role sidebar menu about 3.
- Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
- User Menus was updated more recently: Sep 13, 2026, against Aug 20, 2018 for User role sidebar menu.
- User Menus is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.0, against 4.9.35 for User role sidebar menu.
- User role sidebar menu has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for User Menus.
Line by line
User Menus leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  User Menus |  User role sidebar menu |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #542 | #21,438 |
| Active installs | 80K+ | 40+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 3.1K | 53 |
| Rating | 5.0(1.3K) | 5.0(2) |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.0 | 4.9.35 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.12 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 1 month ago | 8 years 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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