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SideMenu

by Oliver Campion · 900+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 14 Aug 2026, 8 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for SideMenu
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is SideMenu still maintained?
Yes. Last release 14 Aug 2026, 8 releases in the last 24 months. 14 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns SideMenu, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer domainsupport since Oct 2019. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was SideMenu removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is SideMenu safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest SideMenu update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.0. No one-star spike after it. 29 Jun 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master17 Oct 2019 to 17 Oct 2019, 1 commits
domainsupport18 Oct 2019 to 14 Aug 2026, 113 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
8
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for SideMenu
Q1 20241
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20243
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20251
Q4 20252
Q1 20260
Q2 20262
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 14 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.8.

Rating distribution
5 star23
4 star0
3 star1
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

900+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Momentum history builds with each snapshot.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.0
AuthorOliver Campion
Added18 Oct 2019
Last updated14 Aug 2026
Active installs900+
Requires WordPress6.2
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.0
CategoryDesign & Themes > Themes & Templates
Tagsside menu, mobile menu, sidebar menu, sliding menu, off-canvas menu

Other plugins by this author: Remove "Powered by WordPress", Options for Twenty Seventeen, Options for Twenty Twenty-One, Options for Twenty Twenty, Reset Customizer, Display Remote Posts Block, Options for Twenty Nineteen, Block wp-login, Options for Block Themes, Deny All Firewall, Slidey Panel, Web:D Accounts

Questions

Is SideMenu still maintained?

Yes. Last release 14 Aug 2026, 8 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns SideMenu, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer domainsupport since Oct 2019.

Was SideMenu removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is SideMenu safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest SideMenu update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.0. No one-star spike after it.

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