Allows you to highlight the current menu item by assigning a page to a custom post type.
As of April 2026, Current Menu Item for Custom Post Types is a WordPress menu active plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 25K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 8% this week.
If you’re using a template to display a custom post type’s archive page, WP doesn’t add the active class to the menu item. This plugin lets you assign a parent page to a custom post types and will correctly display in the menu.
Perfect
Amazing little helper!
This plugins makes exactly what I expected:
Highlight menu items containing my CPTs.
Perfect and very easy to use!
I have been looking for ways to do this for a long time but without results. This plugin did what I’m trying to do for a year in 2 seconds
Very easy to set up
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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