Best menus plugins for WordPress
The most popular menus plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Menus leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Nav Menu Roles (70K+) and Shortcode in Menus (50K+). All 109 plugins tagged “menus” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 menus plugins
- 1.
User MenusThe most installed menus plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 1,282 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Nav Menu Roles70K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 219 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Shortcode in Menus50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 82 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Advanced Sidebar Menu10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 37 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
WPS Menu Exporter10K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 44 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Themebeez Toolkit8K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
Widgets in Menu for WordPress7K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 21 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Editor Menu and Widget Access7K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 24 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 9.
LuckyWP ACF Menu Field5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Better Aria Label Support4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 109 plugins tagged “menus”
User Menus
Down in the last 7 days:1#542by Daniel Iser1 month ago
Show/hide menu items to logged in users, logged out users or specific user roles. Display logged in user details in menu. Add a logout link to menu.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1.3K)
- Downloads
- 103/day
Nav Menu Roles
Down in the last 7 days:3#609by HelgaTheViking11 days ago
Hide custom menu items based on user roles.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.9(219)
- Downloads
- 781/day
Shortcode in Menus
Down in the last 7 days:3#773by Gagan Deep Singh9 months ago
Allows you to add shortcodes in WordPress Navigation Menus.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(82)
- Downloads
- 67/day
Advanced Sidebar Menu
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,660by Mat Lipe2 months ago
Fully automatic sidebar menus.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(37)
- Downloads
- 79/day
WPS Menu Exporter
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,035by NicolasKulka2 months ago
WPS Menu Exporter lets you export only your WordPress menus via the WordPress Export page.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.7(44)
- Downloads
- 73/day
Themebeez Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,325by themebeez3 months ago
A essential toolkit for WordPress themes developed by us. Themebeez Toolkit helps you to import dummy demo contents. It also adds extra features & …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 57/day
Widgets in Menu for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,469by Saurabh8 years ago
Allows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Editor Menu and Widget Access
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,642by GuyPrimavera5 years ago
Allow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day
LuckyWP ACF Menu Field
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,122by LuckyWP1 year ago
Add navigation menu field type to Advanced Custom Fields
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 40/day
Better Aria Label Support
Up in the last 7 days:9#3,269by Jb Audras2 months ago
Better aria-label support for WordPress (including menus).
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day
WP-REST-API V2 Menus
Up in the last 7 days:13#4,094by thebatclaudio4 years ago
Adding menus endpoints on WP REST API v2
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 61/day
Import Export Menu
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,118by yukyhendiawan1 month ago
Import, export, and manage WordPress menus: duplicate, per-item visibility, and safe site-to-site migration.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(10)
- Downloads
- 78/day
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,264by Ozh6 years ago
All admin links available in a neat horizontal drop down menu. Saves lots of screen real estate!
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(74)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP API Menus
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,888by Fulvio Notarstefano6 years ago
Extends WordPress WP REST API with new routes pointing to WordPress menus.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Responsive Navigation Block
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,347by David Smith1 year ago
Complete control over your navigation menus based on screen size including styles and menu items.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Export WordPress Menus
Up in the last 7 days:19#5,478by tychesoftwares5 years ago
Export WordPress Menus plugin allows you to export your WordPress Menus. You can also export menus month wise. A filter is provided to export menus fo …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.5(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Privilege Menu
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,507by FuzzGuard7 years ago
This plugin allows you to display menu items based on if a user is logged in, logged out or based on the role you have given the user.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hide Drafts in Menus
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,622by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC5 months ago
Hide unpublished pages in your custom menus.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)
Down in the last 7 days:45#6,835by Jory Hogeveen20 days ago
Add off-canvas sidebars (Slidebars) containing widgets, menus or other content using the Slidebars jQuery plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(38)
- Downloads
- 27/day
Admin Toolbar Menus
Down in the last 7 days:16#7,024by Benbodhi2 years ago
Seamlessly adds 3 new menu locations to the admin toolbar.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Auto Subpage Menu
Down in the last 7 days:6#7,773by jojoee6 years ago
By default wordpress menu system, wordpress can only automatically add/remove top-level page to/from menus
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Century ToolKit
Down in the last 7 days:41#8,003by Theme Century5 years ago
ToolKit for WordPress themes and demo content importer for themes.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Widget Menuizer
Down in the last 7 days:12#8,459by cornershop11 months ago
Unlock the full potential of the WordPress menu system to create mega menus and more by adding sidebar regions and widgets to your menus.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Better Menu Widget
Down in the last 7 days:9#8,555by Tracey Holinka7 years ago
Better Menu Widget makes it easy to customize your menu widgets by adding css styles and a heading link.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
VikRestaurants Table Reservations and Take-Away
Down in the last 7 days:69#8,559by e4jvikwp1 month ago
The all-in-one solution to manage your restaurant reservations and take-away or delivery orders.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Post Type Auto Menu
Up in the last 7 days:35#8,892by Ken Dirschl5 years ago
Automatically create menu items for your custom post types in your chosen menu and parent menu item.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.6(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Classic Menus for Block Themes
Down in the last 7 days:2#8,940by Craig Gomes2 years ago
Short Description: Re-enable the legacy menu management system alongside block-based WordPress themes.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Menu Manager Pro
Down in the last 7 days:106#9,529by Dotstore3 months ago
Create and manage menus of any size of your content-heavy wordpress blogs and websites. Simplified search and new comprehensive layout.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.7(22)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ammu Demo Import
Down in the last 7 days:80#10,300by Karmegaraja Subramaniam1 year ago
A plugin to install demo content to themes developed by Ammuthemes.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Dropdown Menus
Down in the last 7 days:43#11,131by Robert O'Rourke14 years ago
Display your WordPress menus as a dropdown select box. Great for mobile designs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Humility
Down in the last 7 days:44#11,147by Mark Jaquith8 years ago
Don't you hate it when plugins add top level menus between "Dashboard" and "Posts"? This shoves those to the end.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy restaurant menu manager
Down in the last 7 days:10#11,223by Nikel1 month ago
Restaurant Menu Plugin to effortlessly manage restaurant menus. Delegate uploads: user solely for menu uploads.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Purify WP Menus
Down in the last 7 days:15#11,244by Kybernetik Services1 month ago
Improve page speed by letting slim down the HTML code of menus and category lists to the only CSS classes and attributes your theme needs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Accessible Dropdown Menus
Down in the last 7 days:58#11,258by Amy Hendrix (sabreuse)13 years ago
Makes dropdown menus in many WordPress themes keyboard accessible.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SinglePlatform
Up in the last 7 days:126#11,393by crussellwalker3 years ago
With the SinglePlatform plugin, you will be able to update your menus and services from our portal so that your info is consistent across the web.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Faster Appearance
Up in the last 7 days:92#11,579by sevenspark13 years ago
Watch the video
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(29)
- Downloads
- 4/day
sTRASHo
Up in the last 7 days:8#12,076by Boris Kuzmanov11 years ago
sTRASHo is a smart and easy way to delete your menu items.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Navception
Down in the last 7 days:69#12,472by Faison12 years ago
Embed WordPress Menus inside of other WordPress Menus!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Perfectwpthemes Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:24#13,226by perfectwpthemes3 years ago
An essential toolkit for themes made by perfectwpthemes (https://perfectwpthemes.com/). Perfectwpthemes Toolkit works only with the WordPress themes b …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Voce Cached Nav
Down in the last 7 days:421#14,301by Kevin Langley Jr.11 years ago
Serve cached copies of WordPress navigation menus
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Admin Menus Fixed
Up in the last 7 days:82#14,790by spherical6 months ago
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu + WordPress Toolbar & Admin Menu Fixed to the Top and Side of the Admin Screens. Less Scrolling!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Current Username on Navigation Label
Up in the last 7 days:27#15,041by Al-Mamun Talukder12 years ago
This plugin allows you to display current username (Display Name) on wordpress menu navigation label or title attribute.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
W2O Admin Dropdown Menu
#16,092by Shishir Raj Adhikari8 years ago
Neat, clean, responsive and WordPress environment friendly horizontal dropdown menu for Admin that eliminates the left menu and saves screen space!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Retail Menus
Down in the last 7 days:221#16,880by whatwouldjessedo12 years ago
Create and manage restaurant, salon, and retail store menu lists of services, food items, retail items, or other data.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.6(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menus History
Up in the last 7 days:37#18,681by binarystash0111 years ago
Provides history of changes to Wordpress menus
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Shared Menu
Up in the last 7 days:9#20,096by Ben Greeley11 years ago
Use navigation menus from another multisite blog on the same network to achieve a universal common navigation area.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Generate Submenus
Down in the last 7 days:141#21,106by Willy Bahuaud9 years ago
With this plugin, you can add an automatically generated submenu for each menu item.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP-REST-API Menus
Down in the last 7 days:1,404#21,312by jcdev5188 years ago
Adds menu endpoints to core WP REST API.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
User role sidebar menu
#21,438by achyuth4018 years ago
Manage custom Sidebar menus based on logged-in user.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menus
Up in the last 7 days:119#24,637by David Sader10 years ago
A Multisite Network plugin to toggle administration menus for the entire network of sites.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day