Best sliding menu plugins for WordPress
The most popular sliding menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SideMenu leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Responsive Sliding Menu (300+) and Online Help Sliding Menu (fewer than 10). All 18 plugins tagged “sliding menu” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 sliding menu plugins
- 1.
SideMenuThe most installed sliding menu plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Responsive Sliding Menu300+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 3.
Online Help Sliding MenuFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 18 plugins tagged “sliding menu”
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 Sliding Menu
Up in the last 7 days:74#11,071by Lekcie2 years ago
Responsive Sliding Menu is a plugin that generates a side-opening menu shortcode. The menu is fully customizable
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Online Help Sliding Menu
#50,190by fabiandragos8 years ago
Use a widget to transform a normal sidebar menu (custom menu or pages list) into a responsive online help style sliding menu with the possibility of a …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day