by Mat Lipe 4.5 (37 reviews)

Advanced Sidebar Menu

Name: Advanced Sidebar Menu
Rating: 4.5 (37 reviews)
Author: Mat Lipe

Fully automatic sidebar menus.

Advanced Sidebar Menu ranks #1,659 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #249 of 8,562 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 37 reviews, and was last updated Aug 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.1

v9.8.6 Current Version v9.8.6

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 24 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#249 of 8,562 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads +23.4% this week Actively maintained

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1.4M

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90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (37 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 70.3%

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Plugin Details

Version: 9.8.6
Last Updated: Aug 24, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.1
PHP Version: 7.4.0 or higher
Author: Mat Lipe

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 37
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want automatically generated sidebar menus based on their page or category hierarchy. It solves the problem of manually maintaining custom menus by automatically displaying only related pages or categories based on the current section of the site.

Page and Category Gutenberg blocks
Page and Category menu widgets
Classic widget support
Exclude pages or categories by ID
Order pages by date, title, order
Always display child pages/categories option
Display categories on single posts
Included translations (French, German, Spanish)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Advanced Sidebar Menu

The menu in this plugin is smart enough to not show up on pages or categories where the only thing that would display is the title. While it may appear like the menu is broken, it is actually doing what it is intended to do. The most common causes for this confusion come from one of these reasons: 1. The incorrect menu was selected. Categories have their own widget/block as pages have their own widget/block. 2. "Display the highest level parent page" or "Display the highest level parent category" is not checked. 3. The Pages menu is currently not being viewed on a page. 4. The Categories menu is not currently being view on a category.

You may add CSS to your theme's style.css to change the way the menu looks. For example, the following CSS would: 1. Remove the dot to the left of the menu item. 2. Change the link color. 3. Add a background on hover. .advanced-sidebar-menu li.current-menu-item a { color: black; } .advanced-sidebar-menu li.current-menu-item { list-style-type: none !important; } .advanced-sidebar-menu li.current-menu-item > a:hover { background: teal; } To style your menu without using any code upgrade to PRO.

The Categories Menu widget/block contains a "Display categories on single posts" checkbox, which will display the category menus based on the categories the current post is assigned to.

Yes. Based on whatever page post or category you are on, the menu will change automatically to display the current parents and children.