Unlock the full potential of the WordPress menu system to create mega menus and more by adding sidebar regions and widgets to your menus.
As of April 2026, Widget Menuizer is a WordPress menus plugin with 700 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Top alternative: User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility.
Anything you can do with a widget can now be done inside your menus!
Widget Menuizer makes WordPress menus even more powerful, allowing for easy creation of custom “mega menus” and other fanciness without completely overhauling the menu management system into something unrecognizable.
Upon activation, navigate to the menu management screen under Appearance > Menus, and you’ll find a new option for Sidebars under the familiar Pages, Posts, Links, Categories and Tags list. Here, you can view all the sidebar regions that exist in your currently-active theme. Simply check a box to add a sidebar into your menu the same way you would for any other menu item.
Once in your menu, you’ll see a new option for “Container Element,” which specifies which HTML tag is wrapped a…
| WordPress | 3.9.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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