Widgets in Menu for WordPress
Allows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus
4.8(21 reviews)
·9.0K+ active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Widgets in Menu for WordPress is a WordPress menus plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 21 reviews. It has been downloaded 106K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility.
4.8/521 reviews
9.0K+active installs
106K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Allows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus via a custom widget area and an extra box in menu edit screen.
Warning
You will need to have some CSS skills for the widgets to display properly in nav menus.
Usage
View the screenshots for usage instructions.
Source code and Contributions
Contributions are always welcome
Documentation
- Most documentation is inline.
- The hooks (actions and filters) are documented in the Other Notes.
- Some useful stuff is in the FAQ section.
Hooks
Actions
yawp_wim_pre_callback
Fires before a widget’s display callback is called. Similar to ‘dynamic_sidebar’ action.
Parameters
- $yawp_wim_widget array An associative array of widget arguments.
- string $name Name of the widget.
- string $id Widget ID.
- array|callback $c…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.821 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great, Even Better When Paired
by Vox·5 years ago
Great utility and I find it especially graceful when paired with XYZ’s PHP & HTML snippet injectors. Together one can add a drop-down tag cloud to a menu, thus freeing up valuable screen space for content.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by Vox.
Does the job (on 5.2.2)
by ecv80·6 years ago
Seems to be working beautifully in 5.2.2 !
- This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by ecv80.
Not Works on version 5.1.1
by igorandre·7 years ago
This plugin not works in this version but works perfectly on versions before 5.
Perfect
by sergiobaltimore·7 years ago
One of the best plugins I’ve ever known. Simply and easily it’s possible to put anything in the menus.
Ridiculously easy to use. Perfect!
by senorsam·7 years ago
Simple, perfect. Thank you!
Download Trends
Today: 9Yesterday: 14This week: 71Period total: 5K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
95.6%
Other
4.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.0
- Fixed i18n issues.
- Added Composer support
- Fix issues with empty widget titles thanks to Niklas Rosenqvist
Contributors
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