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Auto Submenu

Dynamic menus: Add a page to your menu and then let WordPress automatically add the child pages.

By Diana van de Laarschot·Menu·Free
4(25 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Auto Submenu is a WordPress menu plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 25 reviews. It has been downloaded 52K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.4+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Downloads are down 9% this week. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.

4/525 reviews
2.0K+active installs
52K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

The default custom menu in WordPress only allows checking the “Automatically add new top-level pages” (Appearance > Menus) or adding a Navigation block with all pages and all child pages (Appearance > Editor).

With Auto Submenu you get extra functionality to automatically include child pages into the menu.

NEW: ASM now provides support for the Customizer via Appearance > Customize
NEW: ASM now provides support for Full Site Editing with the Gutenberg Block Editor via Appearance > Editor

Using it

Enable the plugin and go to Appearance > Editor.

For each Page in your menu, you now have the following extra configuration options:

  • Add child pages as submenu y/n;
  • child pages are ordered ascending by Menu Order;
  • specify the (maximum) nesting depth of children you wan…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

425 reviews
5 ★
16
4 ★
2
3 ★
2
2 ★
0
1 ★
5

Recent Reviews

Should be indeed core function
by emrock5·1 year ago

Page Structure sync to Menu rocks.

Works like a charm along with “CMS Tree Page View” – Plugin

Does not work
by coconutboy·2 years ago

Appreciate the dev to have developed something like this but it’s amazing how in 2023, wordpress cannot resolve URL like every other cms. Wow, just wow.

Working fine in 2023
by Claudio·2 years ago

Simple solution for a simple problem. Works like a champ without apply any additional settings.

Works perfect
by mkoppen·9 years ago

This work simple and perfect. for me as a beginner with wordpress
Thanks

it Works, but with Flaws…
by thorshammer·9 years ago

An excellent tool, thank you!

Flaws:
1. Needs better explanation on how to implement – getting started might seem intuitive to some, others (like myself) have to figure out how to start a new menu’s “child” hierarchy correctly;

2. When adding new pages, MUST get it right first try; if you forget to make the new page a child (using “PARENT” drop-down), you cannot go back after and correct – the auto-add menu feature won’t see it; have to redo /clone the page and get it right this time;

Download Trends

Today: 18Yesterday: 14This week: 108Period total: 12K

Compatibility

WordPress5.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
70.4%
v0.2
25.1%
v0.3
4.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.5

  • Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Diana van de LaarschotDiana van de Laarschotjamocreationsjamocreations
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.5
Last Updated
Dec 3, 2025
WP Requires
5.4+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
52K+
Added
Apr 26, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

menupagessubmenusubpagesnavigation

Developer

D
Diana van de Laarschot
3 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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