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Watch Radar no. 98 · Quiet

Menu Image

By Rui Guerreiro

What it does: Adds images or icons to menu items.

Why it’s listed: No update for 15 months, and it is tested only up to WordPress 6.7. Past advisories show why continued maintenance matters here. Five public advisories are on record, all listed as fixed, and its latest reviews average 4.0 stars against 4.5 overall.

View on WordPress.org ↗ Checked Reviewed by Abhishek Deshpande

Active installs
100k+
Last updated
2025-07-20
Tested up to
6.7.11
Rating
4.5 / 5 (123)
Version
3.13
Maintainers
3

Is Menu Image still maintained?

It has gone between one and two years without an update. That is an early sign, not a reason to move yet.

Quiet: No update for over a year.

Placements are our opinion, based on public evidence. Risk here means a plugin may not get a fix if a problem appears. It doesn’t mean we found a flaw, unless we show an advisory. Going quiet alone never puts a plugin in Replace now.

Updates No release since 2025-07-20. That was 1 yr 3 mo before our check. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Compatibility Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11. WordPress 7.1.4 was current on 2026-10-31. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Security 5 public advisories on record. Details are below. wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31
Reviews The latest 10 reviews average 4.0 stars, against 4.5 overall. 3 of them gave 1 or 2 stars. Newest activity: 2025-02-18. These reviews are somewhat lower than the overall score. WordPress.org reviews · checked 2026-10-31
Maintainers 3 listed contributors. 0 of 1 recent support threads are marked resolved. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Usage 6,018 downloads in the last 30 days, including updates. 64.35% of sites run version 3.13. WordPress.org stats · checked 2026-10-31

What to do next

Keep it updated, and recheck next quarter.

Alternatives to Menu Image to consider

Menu Icons by Themeisle ↗

Add icons to menu items.

100k+ installs · 4.9 stars · Updated 2026-09-29 · Tested 7.1.4

Max Mega Menu ↗

Larger menus with images and widgets.

300k+ installs · 4.8 stars · Updated 2026-09-14 · Tested 7.1.4

Navigation block ↗

Build menus in the block editor.

No extra plugin needed

Each listed plugin was updated in the last six months, is tested with WordPress 7.0 or newer, and had no open advisory in WPVulnerability when we checked. We have not tried them ourselves. No one pays to appear here.

Security record

AdvisorySeverityFixed in
CVE-2024-13362 ↗
Cross-site scripting
Medium (6.1) 3.13
CVE-2023-50826 ↗
Cross-site scripting
Medium (5.9) 3.11
CVE-2023-33999 ↗
Cross-site scripting
High (7.1) 3.10
CVE-2022-4974 ↗
Cross-site request forgery
Medium (6.3) 3.0.6
CVE-2022-0450 ↗
Cross-site scripting
Medium (5.4) 3.0.8

wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31

A listed advisory does not mean the current version is exploitable.

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