Best hierarchical plugins for WordPress
The most popular hierarchical plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BU Navigation leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Article Forge (50+) and SF Bootstrap Menu (10+). All 11 plugins tagged “hierarchical” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hierarchical plugins
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BU NavigationThe most installed hierarchical plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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Article Forge50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 3.
SF Bootstrap Menu10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
bbPress Threaded Replies10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
Ripple10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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CCS-Navigation10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Hierarchical Documentation10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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Add Hierarchical Number To HeadLine10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
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Location TaxonomyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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Taxonomy Order HierarchicallyFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 11 plugins tagged “hierarchical”
BU Navigation
Up in the last 7 days:86#13,425by BU Web Team5 years ago
Robust tools for managing hierarchical page content in WordPress. Ideal for blogs with large page counts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Article Forge
Down in the last 7 days:76#20,081by borgboy13 years ago
The Article Forge WP plugin provides a conducive environment for the writing and publishing of hierarchical prose.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SF Bootstrap Menu
Up in the last 7 days:303#30,322by Studiofreya8 years ago
Responsive sidebar menu wdiget for hierarchical pages with Bootstrap 3.0.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Threaded Replies
#32,196by Jennifer M. Dodd14 years ago
Add threaded (nested) reply functionality to bbPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ripple
Down in the last 7 days:54#32,849by Tofferus7 years ago
Generate more traffic and time spent on your website by inviting users to read similar contents. Spread your own content or even those of your partner …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CCS-Navigation
#39,099by David Gregg12 years ago
A dynamic navigation widget for those using WordPress as a web site as opposed to a basic blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hierarchical Documentation
Up in the last 7 days:6,462#40,798by tombenner14 years ago
Lets admins create searchable, hierarchically-organized documentation. Supports Markdown and syntax highlighting for code. Requires WP MVC.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Hierarchical Number To HeadLine
Down in the last 7 days:5,027#40,939by kkosuke9 years ago
This plug-in is a plug-in that adds a number string that can grasp the heading hierarchy at the head of all headings created by h1 to h9 in the articl …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Location Taxonomy
#70,229by Felix Arntz2 months ago
Registers a hierarchical taxonomy to associate your posts with locations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxonomy Order Hierarchically
#71,920by Marek Pietkiewicz7 years ago
Will change the order logic for taxonomies from alphabetical to hierarchical order.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day