Best site navigation plugins for WordPress
The most popular site navigation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Menu By User Roles leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of WP Page Tree (40+). All 2 plugins tagged “site navigation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 site navigation plugins
- 1.
Menu By User RolesThe most installed site navigation plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
WP Page Tree40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 2 plugins tagged “site navigation”
Menu By User Roles
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,233by kahnu04425 days ago
Menu By User Roles allows you to control the visibility of menu items based on user roles.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 24/day
WP Page Tree
Down in the last 7 days:162#22,402by invisnet11 years ago
Widget to display a navigable tree of pages.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day