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Automatic Submenu for Categories & Pages

Automatically append children posts and pages as submenu items in the frontend

By rallisf1·Menu·Free
3(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Automatic Submenu for Categories & Pages is a WordPress menu plugin with 10 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.

3/52 reviews
10active installs
2.7K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Ever wanted to be able to automatically have category and pages children automatically added to your menus? I’m sure I did and was disappointed to not find something that dead simple that works and doesn’t mess up with the theme or other plugins.

Now bear with me on this one as it is my first WP plugin for like a decade and the first ever to be shared so i kept it quite basic.

How it works:

  • On each menu item that is either a category or a page you get an option to automatically append their children as a submenu
  • You get to decide how many children to show and how they’re gonna be ordered (Title or Date)
  • And that’s it, all you have to do is create content and never worry about your menu again.
  • As promised, it doesn’t mess with the theme or other plugins, it…
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Ratings & Reviews

32 reviews
5 ★
1
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1

Compatibility

WordPress3.1+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release
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Contributors

rallisf1rallisf1
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.0
Last Updated
Nov 13, 2017
WP Requires
3.1+
Tested Up To
4.8.28
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.7K+
Added
Nov 13, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

menupagespostssubmenuchildren

Developer

R
rallisf1
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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