Table of Contents Plus

Table of Contents Plus automatically creates a table of contents for your long posts and pages by reading their headings. Your readers get a clickable summary at the top of the article, jump straight to the section they need, and stay on the page longer. Set it up once and every qualifying post gets a table of contents from then on, with no block to insert and no shortcode to remember.

A clear table of contents also helps search engines understand how your content is structured, and Google sometimes turns those headings into jump-to links in the search results. It is a small addition that improves navigation for readers and gives your long-form articles a better chance of standing out.

Automatic Table of Contents for Every Long Post

Turn the table of contents on for posts, pages, or any custom post type, and it appears automatically once an article has enough headings. You set the threshold, so short posts stay clean and only genuinely long content gets an index. Place the table of contents before the first heading, after the first paragraph, at the top, or at the bottom, so it fits the way you write.

Smooth Scrolling and Clean Anchor Links

Every entry in the table of contents is an anchor link that jumps to the matching heading. Smooth scrolling is on by default, so clicking an item glides down to the section instead of snapping to it. Anchor IDs are lowercase and hyphenated, which keeps your URLs readable and easy to share, for example yoursite.com/guide/#getting-started.

Style the Table of Contents to Match Your Theme

Choose from several ready-made themes or set your own colors for the background, border, title, and links. A live preview shows each theme before you apply it, so you see the result without saving and reloading. Set the width and font size, show a numbered list or a plain list, and nest sub-headings so the table of contents mirrors the structure of your article.

Decide Exactly Where the Table of Contents Appears

Show the table of contents across your whole site or limit it to one section by URL path, keep it off the homepage, and set how many headings an article needs before one shows up. Pick which heading levels to include, exclude individual headings by name with wildcard matching, and add the [no_toc] shortcode to any post to hide the table of contents on that page.

Table of Contents Widget and Shortcode

Want the table of contents in your sidebar? Add the Table of Contents Plus widget or block to any widget area and it follows the post being viewed. For full control over placement, the [toc] shortcode outputs the table of contents wherever you put it in your content, and it works inside synced (reusable) blocks.

A Table of Contents for Any Kind of Content

• Documentation and knowledge bases
• Long-form guides and tutorials
• Recipes and how-to posts
• Wikis and reference pages
• Product and support pages
• Research and academic articles

Built by the AIOSEO Team

Table of Contents Plus is maintained by the team behind All in One SEO, the WordPress SEO toolkit used on over 3 million websites. It fits naturally alongside your SEO setup, since cleaner headings and readable anchor links improve the on-page navigation your SEO plugin already cares about.

Read the full description on the official page →