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Best hierarchy plugins for WordPress

The most popular hierarchy plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Sidebar Menu leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Admin Menu Tree Page View (10K+) and Category Checklist Tree (5K+). All 40 plugins tagged “hierarchy” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 hierarchy plugins

  1. 1.
    Advanced Sidebar Menu

    The most installed hierarchy plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 37 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Admin Menu Tree Page View

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 48 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Category Checklist Tree

    5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.

  4. 4.
    Categories in Hierarchical Order

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  5. 5.
    Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy

    700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  6. 6.
    Better Section Navigation

    600+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    F4 Post Tree

    600+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.

  8. 8.
    Collapsible Categories in the Dashboard

    600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  9. 9.
    Taxonomy Checklist Tree

    400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  10. 10.
    Add Hierarchy (parent) to post

    200+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

All 40 plugins tagged “hierarchy”