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Navigable

Navigable is a WordPress plugin for template developers. It gives you an alternative to WordPress's wp_nav_menu() function.

By ainth·Menus·Free
5(1 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 14 years ago
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As of April 2026, Navigable is a WordPress menus plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility.

5/51 reviews
30active installs
5.0K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

Overview

Navigable is a WordPress plugin for template developers. It gives you an alternative to WordPress’s wp_nav_menu() function. Advantages:

  • Navigable gives you a data structure to work with. You have 100% markup control, and it’s all in the templates.
  • You can determine if a nav element occurs before/after an active element.
  • Flexibility. Need the current sub-navigation separate from the main nav list? Need whichever navigation tier the current page is on all by itself? Need the sub nav tree of a specific element?

Requires:

PHP5
Only tested on WordPress 3.1, will likely work on much earlier versions since it only uses a few WordPress Functions

Usage

You need to instantiate a navigation object first:

<?php $nav = new NavigableWP('Title of Navigation', $args); ?>

The…

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

ainthainth
Plugin Info
Version
0.39
Last Updated
Jan 8, 2012
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.3.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
5.0K+
Added
May 17, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

menussubnavsub-navnavigationmenu templating

Developer

A
ainth
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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