Menu Image, Icons made easy vs Attachment Importer (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Menu Image, Icons made easy
100K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Menu Image, Icons made easy has a higher user rating (4.5/5 from 123 reviews) and leads in active installations (100K+ vs 3.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Menu Image, Icons made easy has accumulated 2.1M+ total downloads while Attachment Importer has 46K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Menu Image, Icons made easy | Attachment Importer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.5/5 | ◄ | 4.3/5 |
| Total Reviews | 123 | ◄ | 26 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 3.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 2.1M+ | ◄ | 46K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 8 months ago | ◄ | 11 years ago |
| First Released | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Age | 13 years | 12 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.4.0+ | 3.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.13 | 0.6.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Menu Image, Icons made easy
Attachment Importer
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Menu Image, Icons made easy averaged approximately 196 daily downloads while Attachment Importer averaged 4.
Recent Reviews
Menu Image, Icons made easy Reviews
not scaling images
The plugin does not actually scale the images in the menu and displays them only in full size.
Pésimo
Pésimo, parace un virus… daña todo y no se deja desinstalar This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by ozonodigital.
It works – simple
Its the only image menu which worked for me. Easy to set up. My wishes: would be good to can change the image on active status. Thanks.
Attachment Importer Reviews
Still great!
Even though the plugin hasn’t been updated for quite a while, it still works great even with the latest WordPress (5.3). Thanks for the development!
Super Impressed!
I have some expensive importer/exporter plugins and this was the only one that would move over the images between hosting services and import them into the database without an issue. Nice work!
Thank you so much!!!!
I found this plug-in as I was having trouble moving data on a shared server that can not be migrated. Importing of media that has failed many times is proceeding smoothly. Thank you for a wonderful pl
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