SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block
SEO-friendly Table of Contents Gutenberg block. No JavaScript and no CSS means faster loading.
5(75 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, SimpleTOC is a WordPress toc plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 75 reviews. It has been downloaded 526K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 25% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Easy Table of Contents.
5/575 reviews
10K+active installs
0%resolved
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
Add a Table of Contents block to your posts and pages. The TOC is a nested list of links to all heading found in the post or page. To use it, simply add a block and search for “SimpleTOC” or just “TOC”.
The maximum depth of the toc can be configured in in the blocks’ sidebar among many other options. There can hide the headline “Table of Contents” and add your own by using a normal heading block.
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User Feedback
“It is lightweight, stable, and fully compatible with WordPress Full Site Editing. A reliable solution that integrates seamlessly and performs exactly as expected.”
— @js100 on wordpress.org“Does the job perfectly, and adds no bloat.”
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Does what it says on the tin
by 3tianne·2 months ago·1 reply
Does the job with no fuss.
I feel that the option to include a basic show/hide button (no animations or other bloat necessary) would add a great deal of polish for very little impact.
But, the plugin advertises itself as something that is minimalist, no CSS, no JS, and that is what it is. The links also follow the CSS rules from the site theme which is strangely not the case for other TOC plugins.
Well done this dev.
This one will stay in my sites
by Zetona·3 months ago
Thank you Marc, your plugin just works as expected!
Good job!
by js100·4 months ago·1 reply
The plugin works exceptionally well. It is lightweight, stable, and fully compatible with WordPress Full Site Editing. A reliable solution that integrates seamlessly and performs exactly as expected.
Does the job perfectly, and adds no bloat
by Clicknathan·10 months ago·1 reply
Comparing this to the “Table Of Contents Block” by WPDeveloper, I prefer this one because:
- It just works automatically.
- It has less options, but just enough to do what you need.
- It adds nothing to the frontend to cause bloat. No CSS, no JS. At least not right out of the box. Additional settings can be enabled that will add these, but it’s nice that we have the option!
This is an example of what a well-written plugin should be.
Klein und Fein
by Burgeule·1 year ago
Ich hatte den Button erst gar nicht gefunden / übersehen unter “Blöcke” -> “Design” -> “SimpleTOC”.
Klein und fein, wirklich zu empfehlen…
Download Trends
Today: 99Yesterday: 135This week: 889Period total: 90K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.3+ required |
Version Adoption
v6.9
67.2%
v6.7
16.4%
Other
16.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
6.9.8
- Updated: Dependencies and house-keeping.
- Fix: corrected dependency declarations.
Contributors
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