Best sidebar menu plugins for WordPress
The most popular sidebar menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPB Accordion Menu leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Side Menu Lite (7K+) and Easy Sidebar Menu Widget (2K+). All 11 plugins tagged “sidebar menu” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 sidebar menu plugins
- 1.
WPB Accordion MenuThe most installed sidebar menu plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 54 reviews, updated 17 hours ago.
- 2.
Side Menu Lite7K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 12 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Easy Sidebar Menu Widget2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 141 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
SideMenu900+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Responsive Vertical Icon Menu700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
WPB Floating Menu or Categories300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Sidebar Menu Widget200+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Vertical Menu Block for Sidebar Accordion Menu90+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
User role sidebar menu40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Flexi Menu40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 11 plugins tagged “sidebar menu”
WPB Accordion Menu
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,118by WPBeantoday
WPB Accordion Menu: Responsive accordion, vertical sidebar and mobile menu for WooCommerce categories, navigation menus & Elementor.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(54)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Side Menu Lite
Down in the last 7 days:12#2,617by Wow-Company2 months ago
Create a sticky vertical sidebar menu that enhances navigation and highlights important links on your website.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.0(12)
- Downloads
- 38/day
Easy Sidebar Menu Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,351by Jeffrey Carandang9 years ago
Add WordPress Dropdown Menu Widget easily! Upgrade your sidebar menus to responsive dropdown widget now!
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(141)
- Downloads
- 13/day
SideMenu
Down in the last 7 days:19#7,258by Olly Campion2 months ago
Add a responsive sliding SideMenu to your WordPress site with the SideMenu block.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.8(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Responsive Vertical Icon Menu
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,960by wpdevart9 months ago
WordPress Responsive Vertical menu plugin is an nice and handy plugin for showing your menu in widget. It's very simple to use.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 23/day
WPB Floating Menu or Categories
Up in the last 7 days:8#10,807by WPBean11 days ago
WPB Floating Menu or Categories adds a sticky floating side menu with icons to improve navigation and usability on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sidebar Menu Widget
Down in the last 7 days:7#11,609by Weblounge12 years ago
Easily add a sidebar menu to your widgetable sidebar. With this plugin you can create a sidebar menu.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vertical Menu Block for Sidebar Accordion Menu
Down in the last 7 days:254#16,965by WPBean11 days ago
Create responsive vertical accordion menus using a customizable Gutenberg block. Perfect for sidebars and navigation panels.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
User role sidebar menu
#21,484by achyuth4018 years ago
Manage custom Sidebar menus based on logged-in user.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flexi Menu
#22,663by Wow-Company2 months ago
Flexi Menu lets you build floating, vertical, dropdown and right-click menus with ease. Enhance your site’s navigation and user experience.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sidebar Menu
Down in the last 7 days:199#28,596by HooThemes4 years ago
A sidebar menu allows you to organize information vertically, it is a part of a web page that makes it easy to place navigation or display links to he …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day