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Best nav menu plugins for WordPress

The most popular nav menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Menu Image, Icons made easy leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of User Menus (80K+) and Nav Menu Roles (70K+). All 39 plugins tagged “nav menu” 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 nav menu plugins

  1. 1.
    Menu Image, Icons made easy

    The most installed nav menu plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 123 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  2. 2.
    User Menus

    80K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 1,282 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Nav Menu Roles

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 219 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  4. 4.
    Side Menu Lite

    7K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 12 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Nav Menu Images

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 37 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

  6. 6.
    LuckyWP ACF Menu Field

    5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  7. 7.
    Floating Button

    4K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Gecka Submenu

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 16 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  9. 9.
    Easy Sidebar Menu Widget

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 141 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  10. 10.
    Add Descendants As Submenu Items

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

All 39 plugins tagged “nav menu”