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Nav Menu Manager

Simplifies nav menu maintenance and functionality providing more control over nav menus with less coding.

By Robert Noakes·Code·Free
5(5 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 5 months ago
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As of April 2026, Nav Menu Manager is a WordPress code plugin with 900 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 37K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….

5/55 reviews
900active installs
37K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

Simplifies nav menu maintenance and functionality providing more control over nav menus with less coding.

Nav Menus

  • Easily register nav menus via the WordPress admin
  • Fail-safe code helps add a layer of protection to the theme
  • Disable already registered nav menus that won’t be used on the site
  • wp_nav_menu and shortcode generator for quick theme and content implementation
  • Improved nav menu sidebar widget for better widgetized menus

Nav Menu Items

  • Add a global active class for all active nav menu items
  • Exclude default ID attributes from all nav menu items
  • Custom fields on nav menu items for ID, query string and/or hash
  • For collapse/expand functionality, install Nav Menu Collapse

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Ratings & Reviews

55 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

3.2.7.1

  • Maintenance release
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Robert NoakesRobert Noakes
Plugin Info
Version
3.2.7.1
Last Updated
Oct 25, 2025
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
900
Downloads
37K+
Added
Jul 14, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

codeactivecustomdisableconvenient

Developer

R
Robert Noakes
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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