Extending WordPress Navigation block with functionality to display classic menus.
As of April 2026, Classic Menu in Navigation Block is a WordPress menu plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Downloads are down 8% this week. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
Extending WordPress Navigation block with functionality to display classic menus.
❓ Do you experience problems making your website navigation multilingual when using block theme (FSE – full site editing)?
❓ Are you using a plugin that modifies classic menu but not Navigation block and you are using block theme?
Classic Menu in Navigation Block plugin lets you display classic menus in Navigation block so you can gain from using classic menu modification plugins and yet display the menu with accessibility, customization and responsive features of Navigation block.
This method is particularly useful when building a multilingual website and your multilingual plugin does not handle Navigation block very well. You can simply “revert” back to using c…
Great to add that classic control when using an FSE theme.
I was hoping someone else had thought about forwarding classic menus into the Navigation Gutenberg block, and sure enough, there’s a plugin for that.
I have a pretty fragile Gutenberg/block editor-based site that both my client and I would prefer I’m the only one who touches. At the same time, my client needs to add/remove menu items without involving me, and the classic menu editor is the perfect solution for that. With this plugin, everyone’s happy.
The plugin’s ergonimics are little awkward. I think a better design would’ve been to add an option near the existing “import classic menu” option in the Navigation block, but as long as it works, I’m satisfied.
A great extension for having real, functional menus in FSE themes.
The native block is… how should I put it…
Thank you for this plugin. I’m ready for FSE, but my customers are not. 😊
This way they can manage the menu without risking deleting anything.
Great job, maybe needed some polishing, but it provides exactly that is needed. Gives the Classic Menu Admin and ability to style.
It would be great to see the classic menu working on the edit mode when the menu is selected, otherwise it is a little confusing, is it selected or not.
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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