Table of Contents Creator
Table of Contents Creator automatically generates a highly customizable dynamic site wide table of contents that is always up-to-date.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 13 Jun 2010
- Added
- Oct 2009
- Requires WP
- 2.7
- Tested up to
- WP 2.9.2
- Downloads
- 45,282
Our analysis
AI-assistedTable of Contents Creator (TOCC) is a WordPress plugin that automatically generates a dynamic table of contents for your site. It updates in real-time to reflect new content, including static pages, blog entries, and forum comments. The plugin is designed to enhance navigation and SEO by making all entries easily accessible.
You can configure TOCC to include anchor tags, allowing links to external articles or downloads to be part of your site's navigation. Users have the option to expand or collapse categories and sort the table of contents dynamically, offering a flexible browsing experience.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for bloggers and publishers looking to improve site navigation and SEO.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically generates a dynamic table of contents
- ✓Includes support for static pages, blog entries, and forum comments
- ✓Allows inclusion of anchor tags for external links
- ✓Users can expand/collapse categories and sort contents
- ✓Always up-to-date with new content
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in June 2010, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Limited information on additional features or support
Verdict
Table of Contents Creator offers useful features for enhancing site navigation, but its outdated status may limit compatibility with current WordPress versions.
From the developer
The author's own description of Table of Contents Creator, lightly tidied.
Table of Contents Creator (TOCC) automatically generates a highly customizable dynamic site wide table of contents that is always up-to-date. All entries are navigable making your site very SEO friendly. TOCC can be configured to display static pages, blog entries and forum comments. Another great feature of TOCC is the ability to include anchor tags marked with a special class. This feature allows links to articles, downloads or even other sites to appear within the table of contents as if they are part of your site’s navigation.
To generate a table of contents, simply include the <!-- toc-creator --> tag on any page, or use the handy page creation feature located on the plugin admin page.
Note that the table of contents is automatically generated every time it is displayed and as such it is always up to date! New comments, pages, blogs and blog categories will automatically appear as soon as they are created.
New Features
Version 1.6 is now faster, uses less memory, is more robust and above all is extremely flexible. New features may now be added in a future release with minimal risk. Please refer to the change log for further details.
The following new features have been added. This release is all about giving more control to your visitors…
- Hierarchial categories are now supported.
- Child elements can now be dynamically expanded or collapsed by a vistor.
- The table of contents can now be dynamically sorted in several different orders by a visitor.
- All summaries can be dynamically shown or hidden by a visitor.
- Page help is now available to users by clicking the help icon.
Wish List
- Add option to only show sub pages of the current page within the TOC. This will be handy for using the sidebar widget as a dynamic menu.
- Add option for maximum number of links per page (split list over multiple pages) – toc pagination.
- Allow sort by user defined tag.
- Allow text instead of icons for summary (eg
showorhide) if no icon summary selected. - Integrate FAQs and preprocessor help with the WordPress Help system (the help pulldown on the settings page).