Best sub-menu plugins for WordPress
The most popular sub-menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gecka Submenu leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Enhanced Custom Menu (70+) and Tomi Menu (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “Sub-menu” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 sub-menu plugins
- 1.
Gecka SubmenuThe most installed sub-menu plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 16 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 2.
Enhanced Custom Menu70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 3.
Tomi Menu10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 3 plugins tagged “Sub-menu”
Gecka Submenu
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,285by Gecka9 years ago
Submenu autopopulates any nav menu page item with its children and allows to put menus, or portion of menus, anywhere in your site.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(16)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Enhanced Custom Menu
Down in the last 7 days:32#18,946by jessejd16 years ago
This plugin alters the custom menu auto-add function allowing subpages and delete menu item after un-publishing a page.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tomi Menu
Up in the last 7 days:4,559#40,583by tomi3311 years ago
Automatically adds sub pages to the correct menu (if enabled) when the page created/edited and removes pages from their old menu when they should be r …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day