Advanced Sidebar Menu
Healthy: maintained, last release 24 Aug 2026, 13 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | No data |
| Reputation | 60 |
Quick answers
- Is Advanced Sidebar Menu still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 24 Aug 2026, 13 releases in the last 24 months. 24 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Advanced Sidebar Menu, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer Mat Lipe since Oct 2011. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Advanced Sidebar Menu removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Advanced Sidebar Menu safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Advanced Sidebar Menu update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 9.8.6. No one-star spike after it. 24 Aug 2026 · Release history
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
- InfoMOM-2Downloads in the last 4 weeks are down more than half vs the 26-week average. Review this plugin.4 Nov 2026Evidence
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| Mat Lipe | 9 Oct 2011 to 21 Sep 2026, 410 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2011.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 2 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 13
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4.0 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 3 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 2 |
| Q3 2024 | 2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 2 |
| Q2 2025 | 2 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 |
| Q4 2025 | 4 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 |
| Q3 2026 | 2 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 24 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.5.
Average rating rose from 2.0 to 5.0 between Q1 2024 and Q3 2024.
| 5 star | 29 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 3 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 3 |
- Pro version is a disaster · 2 stars · 15 Mar 2024
- Not working · 1 star · 19 Nov 2021
- Not sowing up · 1 star · 1 Jul 2019
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Changelog mentions of security fixes: 9.8.5 (security).
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Momentum
10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 222 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 382 |
| 18 May 2026 | 5,832 |
| 25 May 2026 | 1,643 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 977 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 925 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 681 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 618 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 624 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 622 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 554 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 5,584 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 1,463 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 1,425 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 745 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 647 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 6,219 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1,084 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 680 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1,049 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 715 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 479 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 543 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 461 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 838 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 597 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 95 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 62% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 9.8.6 |
|---|---|
| Author | Mat Lipe |
| Added | 9 Oct 2011 |
| Last updated | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4.0 |
| Category | Site Structure & Navigation > Menu Management & Mega Menus |
| Tags | menus, sidebars, hierarchy, page menus, category menus |
Other plugins by this author: Go Live Update Urls
Questions
Is Advanced Sidebar Menu still maintained?
Yes. Last release 24 Aug 2026, 13 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns Advanced Sidebar Menu, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer Mat Lipe since Oct 2011.
Was Advanced Sidebar Menu removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.
Is Advanced Sidebar Menu safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest Advanced Sidebar Menu update safe to install?
No ownership change before 9.8.6. No one-star spike after it.