Injects a sliding side menu / sidebar into any theme!
As of April 2026, SideMenu is a WordPress side nav plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 24 reviews. It has been downloaded 69K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Downloads are up 50% this week.
This plugin works really well with new FSE (Full Site Editing) themes such as Twenty Twenty-Two. Check out the menu in the Rye website for an example real-world use of this lightweight plugin!
This plugin will inject a responsive SideMenu sidebar and menu location into your theme that you can add widgets to.
The SideMenu is opened by clicking on a menu button that you can add to any menu in your site.
When the SideMenu slides open, the entire site is dimmed and slid to the left.
The SideMenu is closed by either clicking the close icon at the top right of the SideMenu, clicking on the dimmed site or by scrolling down.
This plugin can also hijack the existing mobile menu button within your theme if required. Themes that already work with this feature are …
Great plugin. and best support I’ve come across on wordpress.org
Found this plugin by chance – Does exactly what it says on the tin!! Amazing support, almost instant replies. Let’s face it… In this industry this is just what you need! Oliver was extremely supportive with my newbie questions.
Excellent plugin and really good support, could not recommend highly enough.
This plugin is excellent, and the support team is incredible! My client wanted a very specific, niche-in-style side menu, and this plugin made it very easy to created and customize to the client’s exact specifications. Saved me hours of custom coding, and I couldn’t be happier. Highly recommend!
Fast support <3
Quick introduction of new feature <3
Very good plugin and cheap plugin <3
Advantages only 🙂
I recommend buying the plugin in the PRO version, the author of the plugin is a professional 🙂
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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