Simple Sidebar Navigation
Easy way to create custom navigation in sidebars or other pre-defined areas. Conditional tags are included to specify pages where widgets appear.
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·200 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Sidebar Navigation is a WordPress menu plugin with 200 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 65K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
3/52 reviews
200active installs
65K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
This plugin adds a widget into the Widgets dashboard that allows in a simple way, without writing any PHP code on your part, to create custom navigation in any sidebar pre-defined by your WP theme.
Features Include:
- Flat and multi-level navigation hierarchy for existing pages and custom links.
- Very flexible conditional appearance options (greatly expanded from before 2.0 version).
- Out-of-the-box Suckerfish support.
- Option to add navigation links with custom title, url and target attribute.
- Unlimited number of navigation widgets.
- Optional setting includes blog posts into the navigation selection list (only pages are available by default).
- Support for custom drop-down menus CSS.
Recent Updates Log:
- 2.3.0 – Fixes deprecated class constructor.
- 2.2.0 – WP 3.8 Compatibility Updat…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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