Best submenus plugins for WordPress
The most popular submenus plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Navception leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Admin Menu Blank Template Plugin (10+) and Menu Helper (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “submenus” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 submenus plugins
- 1.Navception
The most installed submenus plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.Admin Menu Blank Template Plugin
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 3.Menu Helper
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “submenus”
Navception
Down in the last 7 days:104#12,487by Faison12 years ago
Embed WordPress Menus inside of other WordPress Menus!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Menu Blank Template Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:141#33,778by Nitin Yawalkar15 years ago
Admin Menu Template Plugin make plugin development easy like drag and drop.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Helper
#47,130by SimonaIlie13 years ago
Menu Helper can be used in 2 forms: as short code ( as described in section A) or, for more advanced programmatic use, as function which returns an ar …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day