Extra Classes
Adds classes for selected menu states such as highlighting categories when viewing a blog post or parent page when viewing an attachment page.
5(3 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Extra Classes is a WordPress css plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
5/53 reviews
30active installs
3.1K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Add missing classes
Adds missing classes for selected menu states. Classes added include:
current-page-parentandcurrent_page_parentcurrent-page-ancestorandcurrent_page_ancestorcurrent-menu-ancestorcurrent-menu-parent
The classes are added in the following scenarios:
- When viewing an attachment page classes are added to any parent pages and their menu ancestors.
- When viewing a post classes are added to any relevant taxonomy menu items and their manu ancestors.
Manage Menu Select States
Allows you to control which menu items should be selected (or deselected) when viewing certain pages of your site. You need to add classes to the menu items for this to work.
ecms-archive-{$post_type}– Select menu item when viewing a post type archive page.ecms-single-{$post_type}–…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.7+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.3.1
Fix issue where menu selected states were not inherited correctly for non-404 pages.
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