Advanced Sidebar Menu v9.8.6
Fully automatic sidebar menus. Uses the parent/child relationship of your pages or categories to generate menus based on the current section of your site. Assign a page or category to a parent, and Ad...
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- Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 13, 2026
- Last audited Sep 13, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.4.0+
- Requires WordPress 6.2.0+
- Tested up to WP 7.0.2 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 57% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 112 Passed
- 12 Warnings
- 1 Failed
35 of 37 checks passed.
54 of 61 checks passed.
11 of 12 checks passed.
6 of 6 checks passed.
3 of 3 checks passed.
3 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
482.6 KB
1.7 MB unzipped
Total files
73
across all file types
Lines of PHP
5,626
in 37 files Medium
File types
- PHP
- JS
- JSON
- MAP
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 0 Critical
- 0 High
- 11 Medium
- 88 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 30 audited versions of Advanced Sidebar Menu, Category scores held steady across this span. The codebase grew 35% in size.
Audited 9.0.11 → 9.8.5 · 30 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
691
downloads
Today
55
downloads
Week over week
−39%
vs previous week
Month over month
−6%
vs previous month
Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.
Version intelligence
43% of installs run an older version
≈ 4.3K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v9.6
- v9.8
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
This month
Jul 22, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 21 days
average between releases
Total releases
179
since Oct 2011 · 15 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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