Missing Menu Items
Adds missing menu items into your Appearance menu in the WordPress admin area to make maneuvering to useful WordPress editor features easy.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Added
- Oct 2022
- Requires WP
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Downloads
- 5,097
Our analysis
AI-assistedThe Missing Menu Items plugin enhances the WordPress admin navigation by adding useful links related to the Editor. It allows you to access Reusable Blocks, Navigation Menus, Templates, and other features with fewer clicks, making site building more efficient.
You can customise which links appear and control visibility based on user roles. This plugin is suitable for users looking to streamline their workflow in the WordPress admin area, particularly those using the Gutenberg editor and block themes.
Best for: Users of the WordPress Gutenberg editor seeking to improve admin navigation.
What it does well
- ✓Adds useful links to the WordPress admin navigation
- ✓Customisable settings for link visibility
- ✓Supports various user roles for link access
- ✓Keeps Site Editor content accessible after theme changes
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on specific features and performance
Verdict
Missing Menu Items can simplify access to important features in the WordPress admin, making it a practical tool for site builders.
From the developer
Block Styles's own description of Missing Menu Items, lightly tidied.
Frustrated navigating around the latest WordPress admin whild building your site? Why does it take so many clicks to get to Editor Templates?
The Missing Menu Items for WordPress plugin adds useful Editor related links to the admin navigation.
Missing Menu Items can add the following links (each one can be turned on or off in Settings → Missing Menu Items):
* Reusable Blocks, Navigation Menus, Templates, and Template Parts (Appearance)
* Site Editor, Styles, and Add New Theme (Appearance)
* Menus, Widgets, and Customizer — shown only when your theme hides them (e.g. block themes)
* Upload Plugin, Add New Plugin, and Plugin Updates (Plugins)
Plus:
* Choose whether links nest in their native menus or group together under Appearance
* Limit which user roles see the links
* Keep Site Editor content (templates, template parts, styles) reachable after switching to a classic theme, so you can copy or export it
Support
You can get support from the community here, or in our growing Facebook Group and find information in our documentation.
Direct support is offered to BlockStyles members.
Stay Connected
Stay up-to-date on Missing Menu Items updates and Gutenberg development, using the links below. The plugin is also being built transparently on GitHub, so give it a star and follow along! 😉
Missing Menu Items is a part of BlockStyles, a collection of tools that transforms the default WordPress Block Editor into a true page builder.