Accessible Dropdown Menus
Makes dropdown menus in many WordPress themes keyboard accessible.
4.3(3 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, Accessible Dropdown Menus is a WordPress a11y plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Ally – Web Accessibility & Usability.
4.3/53 reviews
200active installs
11K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Purpose:
Many sites have dropdown menus where the expanding of the links can only be triggered by a mouse hover. This means that for keyboard only users parts of the site are harder or sometimes impossible to reach.
This plugin makes these dropdown menus keyboard accessible. When tabbing through the primary navigation the sub level menus will become visible and users will be able to tab to the lower level links.
The current version has been tested by both sighted keyboard-only users and screen reader users. If it doesn’t work for your reader, please let us know!
How it Works:
The plugin uses a combination of CSS and javascript to enable the dropdown menus to be keyboard controlled.
Using the script, whenever a link in the menu gets focus its containing list item (
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.4
- Extend to multiple themes: now works with all the Twenties, themes based on Underscores, and many others, provided they correctly use ARIA role=navigation for menus.
- JavaScript refactoring for better performance.
Contributors
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