Best ancestor plugins for WordPress
The most popular ancestor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Menu-item-ancestor leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of CSS Page Ancestors (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “ancestor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 ancestor plugins
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Menu-item-ancestorThe most installed ancestor plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
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CSS Page AncestorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 2 plugins tagged “ancestor”
Menu-item-ancestor
Down in the last 7 days:949#41,599by valentinas16 years ago
Adds a menu-item-ancestor class to every menu item that has descendants.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSS Page Ancestors
Down in the last 7 days:3,552#57,310by giannisg9 years ago
Add ancestors classes in your body_class to CSS control ALL the anchestors of your page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day