by Jeroen Peters 5 (10 reviews)

Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget

Name: Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)
Author: Jeroen Peters

WordPress plugin which provides a widget with a clickable dropdown of a WordPress navigation menu. It supports one level of parent-child menu's.

Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget ranks #4,395 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #694 of 8,534 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Aug 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.6.0 Current Version v1.6.0

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 16 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#694 of 8,534 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -36.3% this week Actively maintained

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2K+

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KW Avg Position

29.2

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48.1K

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Total Progress 96%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Apr 16, 2024

Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget [navigation-menu-as-dropdown-widget] < 1.3.5

CVE-2024-32126 · Fixed in v1.3.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.0
Last Updated: Aug 16, 2026
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.3 or higher
Author: Jeroen Peters

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add a navigation menu widget to their sidebar or theme areas. It solves the problem of converting a standard navigation menu into a clickable dropdown, making it easier for visitors—especially on mobile pages—to navigate to other pages.

Clickable dropdown widget
Converts navigation menu to dropdown
Supports one level of parent-child menus
Suited for mobile webpages

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget

If you go to Widgets in the Appearance menu, you will be able to drag-and-drop the 'Navigation menu as dropdown' widget to a place of your choosing. Please give a title (or not) and select the menu to convert to a dropdown.

Yes you can, when you add the widget you will see that option.

Yes you can, there is an option "Preselect the visited page in dropdown" when you add the widget.

Almost. But there are some issues with iOS devices. These do not allow new windows to be opened

in the same window.

Yes you can, with CSS. If you know your way around CSS you might already know that you can style elements by their class name or HTML structure. We just have a simple select-element here. The pages inside (option-elements) have classes. For the upper layer it's pd_tld, the second layer has pd_sld. Styling selects still is hard in current browsers, but this is changing. I do offer help on styling / CSS if you are willing to make a small donation.

No, not at this moment. I will work on that. It currently supports one sublevel of parent-child structure. Support/Donate If you like this plugin and want to support and/or thank me, please buy me a coffee.

If you have questions about the plugin or if you have ideas to share, the best way to contact me is through the Support Forums

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

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