Best modern navigation plugins for WordPress

The most popular modern navigation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Slide-out Menu leads with 500+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “Modern Navigation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 1 modern navigation plugins

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Slide-out Menu
The most installed modern navigation plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.

All 1 plugins tagged “Modern Navigation”

Slide-out Menu
Down in the last 7 days:6#8,862
by Simple Plugins2 years ago
It lets you create beautiful slide-out navigation for your WordPress site. Break down your long ugly menu with a slide-out menu.
Installs
500+
Rating
5.0(6)
Downloads
11/day