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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Menus

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Menus

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for menus comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Menu Icons by Themeisle Best overall 90/100
  2. 2. Admin Menu Editor 89/100
  3. 3. White Label CMS 89/100
  4. 4. PublishPress Capabilities 88/100
  5. 5. User Menus 88/100
  6. 6. Buttonizer 86/100
  7. 7. Nav Menu Roles 86/100
  8. 8. Conditional Menus 86/100
  9. 9. Advanced Sidebar Menu 83/100
  10. 10. Remove admin menus by role 83/100
  11. 11. Themebeez Toolkit 83/100
  12. 12. Ollie Menu Designer 83/100
  13. 13. Menu In Post 82/100
  14. 14. Shortcode in Menus 81/100
  15. 15. Better Aria Label Support 81/100
1 Menu Icons by Themeisle
Best overall Free by Themeisle

Menu Icons by Themeisle

Add icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.

4.9★
from 848 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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2 Admin Menu Editor
Free by Janis Elsts

Admin Menu Editor

Lets you edit the WordPress admin menu. You can re-order, hide or rename menus, add custom menus and more.

4.6★
from 312 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
89

WPScore

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3 White Label CMS
Free by Video User Manuals

White Label CMS

Customise dashboard panels and branding, hide menus plus lots more.

4.7★
from 113 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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4 PublishPress Capabilities
Free by PublishPress

PublishPress Capabilities

PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.

4.7★
from 143 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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5 User Menus
Free by Daniel Iser

User Menus

Show/hide menu items to logged in users, logged out users or specific user roles. Display logged in user details in menu. Add a logout link to menu.

5★
from 1,278 ratings
80k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.0
88

WPScore

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6 Buttonizer
Free by Buttonizer

Buttonizer

Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup builder. WhatsApp Chat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Live Chat, Call, SMS, Email & more.

4.5★
from 151 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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8 Conditional Menus
Free by themifyme

Conditional Menus

This plugin enables you to set conditional menus per posts, pages, categories, archive pages, etc.

4.4★
from 72 ratings
60k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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11 Themebeez Toolkit
Free by themebeez

Themebeez Toolkit

A essential toolkit for WordPress themes developed by us. Themebeez Toolkit helps you to import dummy demo contents. It also adds extra features & …

5★
from 1 ratings
8k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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12 Ollie Menu Designer
Free by Mike McAlister

Ollie Menu Designer

Create custom dropdown & mobile menus using WordPress blocks. Design rich, responsive navigation with any block content in the block editor.

5★
from 8 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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13 Menu In Post
Free by linux4me2

Menu In Post

A simple but flexible plugin to allow the use of menus in posts and pages.

5★
from 8 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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