Purify WordPress Menus
Improve page speed by letting slim down the HTML code of menus and category lists to the only CSS classes and attributes your theme needs.
5(6 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Purify WordPress Menus is a WordPress menu plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 32K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
5/56 reviews
300active installs
32K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Improve page speed by letting slim down the HTML code of menus and category lists to the only CSS classes and attributes your theme needs.
The plugin is available in English, Spanish (Español) and German (Deutsch).
Less code, higher page speed
This plugin deletes the CSS classes you do not need in a navigation menu, page menu and category list. It slims down the HTML code of WordPress menus and category lists to the only neccessary CSS classes you want for your theme. This results in less HTML code and thus in higher page speed.
If you are very concerned about the loading time of your website and you do not manage to gain seconds or tenths in the loading of the site with 3rd party caching plugins, you may find it interesting to experiment with the plugin Purify WordPress Menus and evaluat…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2+ required |
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Changelog
3.5.0
- moved language files to GlotPress. So, please contribute as a translator to make Purify WordPress Menus available in more and more languages.
- bummed required to WordPress 4.6
- tested successfully up to WordPress 6.6-6.7
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