Best drop down plugins for WordPress
The most popular drop down plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Groovy Menu Plugin (Free) leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Responsive Select Menu (2K+) and Responsive Mobile Select Menu (100+). All 9 plugins tagged “drop down” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 drop down plugins
- 1.
Groovy Menu Plugin (Free)The most installed drop down plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 25 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.
Responsive Select Menu2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 42 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
Responsive Mobile Select Menu100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Accordion Categories50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 5.
Category Ajax Chain Selects30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 6.
Mensy10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.
AWSOM Drop Down Archive10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 8.
Drop Down Links10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 9 plugins tagged “drop down”
Groovy Menu Plugin (Free)
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,314by grooni4 months ago
Groovy Menu is a Free responsive Mega Menu plugin that will allow you easily to add an awesome menu on your site and improve website navigation.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.6(25)
- Downloads
- 31/day
Responsive Select Menu
Up in the last 7 days:19#4,220by sevenspark9 years ago
The Responsive Select Menu plugin automatically turns any WordPress 3 Menu into a select box / dropdown on mobile devices.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(42)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Responsive Mobile Select Menu
Down in the last 7 days:148#15,447by Saskia Teichmann1 year ago
Your WordPress menu automatically becomes a touch-friendly dropdown on mobile devices.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Accordion Categories
Up in the last 7 days:164#20,459by crosp9 years ago
Accordion Categories is a Wordpress widget that allows you to display categories in the hierachical order
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Ajax Chain Selects
#24,772by peterjharrison15 years ago
Category Ajax Chain Selects
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mensy
Up in the last 7 days:812#32,087by Chris Roberts14 years ago
Enables easy creation of drop-down menus in your WordPress theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AWSOM Drop Down Archive
Up in the last 7 days:12,147#33,896by harknell4 years ago
The AWSOM Archive (formerly called AWSOM Drop Down Archive) is a plugin designed to add a Drop Down or other type of archive on your Index and individ …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Drop Down Links
Up in the last 7 days:2,549#41,838by muhsin15 years ago
This widget takes all the links and put them in a drop-down select instead of displaying them as links scattered all over the sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day