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Best WordPress Plugins for Nav Menu

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Nav Menu

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for nav menu 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. User Menus Best overall 88/100
  2. 2. Nav Menu Roles 86/100
  3. 3. Side Menu Lite 82/100
  4. 4. Floating Button 78/100
  5. 5. Advanced Menu Manager Pro 76/100
  6. 6. Menu Image, Icons made easy 74/100
  7. 7. LuckyWP ACF Menu Field 71/100
  8. 8. Nav Menu Manager 71/100
  9. 9. ElementsReady Addons for Elementor 69/100
  10. 10. MAS Elementor 68/100
  11. 11. Nav Menu Collapse 66/100
  12. 12. ACF Nav Menu Field 66/100
  13. 13. Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field 55/100
  14. 14. Easy Sidebar Menu Widget 53/100
  15. 15. Add Descendants As Submenu Items 52/100
1 User Menus
Best overall 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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3 Side Menu Lite
Free by Wow-Company

Side Menu Lite

Create a sticky vertical sidebar menu that enhances navigation and highlights important links on your website.

4★
from 12 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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4 Floating Button
Free by Wow-Company

Floating Button

Floating Buttons let you easily create sticky, fixed, and floating action buttons

3★
from 15 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

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5 Advanced Menu Manager Pro
Free by Dotstore

Advanced Menu Manager Pro

Create and manage menus of any size of your content-heavy wordpress blogs and websites. Simplified search and new comprehensive layout.

3.7★
from 22 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
76

WPScore

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6 Menu Image, Icons made easy
Free by Rui Guerreiro

Menu Image, Icons made easy

Adds an image or icon in the menu items. You can choose the position of the image (after, before, above, below) or even hide the menu item title.

4.5★
from 123 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2025
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
74

WPScore

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8 Nav Menu Manager
Free by Robert Noakes

Nav Menu Manager

Simplifies nav menu maintenance and functionality providing more control over nav menus with less coding.

5★
from 5 ratings
800+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
71

WPScore

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12 ACF Nav Menu Field
Free by Galaxy Weblinks

ACF Nav Menu Field

ACF Nav Menu field plugin provides an option to show a menu in the front end similar to other ACF fields (Text, Textarea, Number, Range etc.)

2.6★
from 5 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
66

WPScore

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14 Easy Sidebar Menu Widget
Free by Jeffrey Carandang

Easy Sidebar Menu Widget

Add WordPress Dropdown Menu Widget easily! Upgrade your sidebar menus to responsive dropdown widget now!

4.8★
from 141 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2017
Tested to
WP 4.7.35
53

WPScore

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15 Add Descendants As Submenu Items
Free by Alex Mills

Add Descendants As Submenu Items

Automatically all of a nav menu item's descendants as submenu items. Designed for pages but will work with any hierarchical post type or taxonomy …

5★
from 20 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Sep 2022
Tested to
WP 6.0.14
52

WPScore

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