Best off-canvas plugins for WordPress
The most popular off-canvas plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ShiftNav leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars) (1K+) and Dynamic Header & Navigation for Block Themes (200+). All 8 plugins tagged “off-canvas” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 off-canvas plugins
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ShiftNavThe most installed off-canvas plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 68 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 38 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Dynamic Header & Navigation for Block Themes200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Slidey Panel30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Quicknav20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
PIXELROME10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
WPMints Mobile Menu DrawerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 8.
HamburgerX SVG Toggle for ElementorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “off-canvas”
ShiftNav
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,780by sevenspark1 year ago
Add a native-style, off-canvas, responsive mobile navigation menu to your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(68)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)
Down in the last 7 days:26#6,827by Jory Hogeveen18 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
- 22/day
Dynamic Header & Navigation for Block Themes
Up in the last 7 days:91#11,860by Hans-Gerd Gerhards11 days ago
Animated shrinking header, responsive shrinking logo, custom breakpoints and off-canvas navigation – navigation solution for block themes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Slidey Panel
Up in the last 7 days:106#24,025by Olly Campion2 months ago
Add a responsive sliding panel to your WordPress site with a block.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quicknav
Up in the last 7 days:5,934#26,639by themelooks5 months ago
Short Description: Quicknav adds off-canvas menus, products, blogs, and links for easy site navigation.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PIXELROME
#34,719by riturajkalita1 month ago
Adds a smooth right-to-left slide-in mobile menu for the Divi theme with customizable styling and improved mobile navigation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPMints Mobile Menu Drawer
#58,893by wpmints5 days ago
A clean, theme-independent slide-in navigation drawer with expandable categories - place it automatically or with a shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 60/day
HamburgerX SVG Toggle for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:19,676#73,397by Francisco Naranjo4 months ago
Animated SVG hamburger widget for Elementor. Toggles Off-Canvas, Nav Menu, Mega Menu or any custom element — no intermediate trigger required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day