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Wider Admin Menu

by WP Chill · 2,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy1 Warning

Healthy: maintained, last release 2 Dec 2025, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.

82/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Wider Admin Menu
Ownership100
Maintenance50
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Wider Admin Menu still maintained?
Yes. Last release 2 Dec 2025, 0 releases in the last 24 months. 2 Dec 2025 · wordpress.org
Who owns Wider Admin Menu, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer altesin since Feb 2025. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Wider Admin Menu removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Wider Admin Menu safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Wider Admin Menu update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.4. No one-star spike after it. 10 Jan 2022 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

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

Committers and their active periods
cdillon278 Apr 2014 to 20 Jan 2019, 77 commits
machothemes20 Jan 2019 to 12 Sep 2019, 8 commits
giucu9118 Oct 2019 to 28 Jul 2021, 3 commits
wpchill5 Nov 2020 to 5 Nov 2020, 1 commits
raldea8910 Jan 2022 to 18 Jul 2024, 9 commits
altesin21 Feb 2025 to 2 Dec 2025, 5 commits

6 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2014.

Maintenance

Last release
11 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
6.9 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Wider Admin Menu
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 2 Dec 2025. Tested up to 6.9, 2 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.7.

Rating distribution
5 star18
4 star1
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

2,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Wider Admin Menu
4 May 202629
11 May 202640
18 May 202629
25 May 202641
1 Jun 202648
8 Jun 202632
15 Jun 202633
22 Jun 202621
29 Jun 202636
6 Jul 202628
13 Jul 202637
20 Jul 202657
27 Jul 202644
3 Aug 202669
10 Aug 202652
17 Aug 202658
24 Aug 202651
31 Aug 202646
7 Sep 202665
14 Sep 202664
21 Sep 202670
28 Sep 202673
5 Oct 202658
12 Oct 202665
19 Oct 2026105
26 Oct 2026116
2 Nov 202617

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 48% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version1.4
AuthorWP Chill
Added8 Apr 2014
Last updated2 Dec 2025
Active installs2,000+
Requires WordPress5.2
Tested up to6.9.11
Requires PHP5.6
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Health & Diagnostics
Tagsadmin menu

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Questions

Is Wider Admin Menu still maintained?

Yes. Last release 2 Dec 2025, 0 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Wider Admin Menu, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer altesin since Feb 2025.

Was Wider Admin Menu removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Wider Admin Menu safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Wider Admin Menu update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.4. No one-star spike after it.

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