Best descendants plugins for WordPress
The most popular descendants plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Add Descendants As Submenu Items leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Cybokron Advanced Widget Visibility (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “descendants” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 descendants plugins
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Add Descendants As Submenu ItemsThe most installed descendants plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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Cybokron Advanced Widget VisibilityFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “descendants”
Add Descendants As Submenu Items
Down in the last 7 days:93#4,660by Alex Mills4 years ago
Automatically all of a nav menu item's descendants as submenu items. Designed for pages but will work with any hierarchical post type or taxonomy …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Cybokron Advanced Widget Visibility
Down in the last 7 days:18,136#73,329by cybokron22 days ago
Show or hide widgets by page, category, taxonomy, post type, and user context with descendant support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day