With this plugin, you can add an automatically generated submenu for each menu item.
As of April 2026, Auto Generate Submenus is a WordPress auto plugin with 70 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Companion Auto Update.
It add fields to nav menu items in the menu editor (on admin side), allowing to automatically generate submenus on front-end.
You can, for example, ask that the last 5 items of a category appear in the sub-menu. You can also request to display all sub-terms of a taxonomy term. Or you can also ask to list all the contents associated with a CPT archive page…
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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