This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, uncheck this to exclude pages from the page navigation that users see on your site.
As of April 2026, Exclude Pages is a WordPress menu plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 47 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.0M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 16% this week. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, uncheck this to exclude pages from the page navigation that users see on your site.
Any issues: contact me.This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, which is checked by default. If you uncheck
it, the page will not appear in any listings of pages (which includes, and is usually limited to, your
page navigation menus).
Pages which are children of excluded pages also do not show up in menu listings. (An alert in the editing screen,
underneath the “include” checkbox allows you to track down which ancestor page is affecting child pages
in this way.)
It is possible to temporarily pause and resume the effect of Exclude Pages by using the new <?php pause_exclude_pages(); ?> and <?php r…
Installed on wp6.6.1 php8.1.
The plugin appears in prefect working condition in spite of is age.
last update was years ago but it still works with WP 5.3
Unlike another plugin with a similar name, this plugin still works just fine with my WordPress sites and themes.
A real shame that it has been abandoned, and I’d love to see an ‘updated’ version by someone.
This worked for me on WP 4.9.4 using PHP Version: 7.0.28, however only after editing the plugin by changing: $parent = & ep_get_page( $page->post_parent, $pages );
to: $parent = ep_get_page( $page->post_parent, $pages );
This also worked with side menus such as BE Subpages Widget, which uses wp_list_pages, not just navigation using standard functions wp_nav_menu or wp_page_menu.
It is unfortunate the plugin hasn’t been updated, because it is a good plugin that does exactly what I wanted… allowing pages to be present in the site without automatically being listed in auto-menus.
This is an error encountered if your server is using PHP 5.6 or above, and if debugging for your site is enabled.
If you’re still using PHP 5.3, it works fine on WP 4.7.3.
It does not appear that the plugin author has any interest in updating this plugin, or I would give it 5 stars.
Any plugin developers who would like to fork and maintain this plugin?
| WordPress | 2.2.3+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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