by Kybernetik Services 5 (6 reviews)

Purify WP Menus

Name: Purify WP Menus
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: Kybernetik Services

Improve page speed by letting slim down the HTML code of menus and category lists to the only CSS classes and attributes your theme needs.

Purify WP Menus ranks #11,080 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #1,375 of 8,538 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Sep 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v3.6.0 Current Version v3.6.0

Updated 3 days ago Last Update on 13 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,375 of 8,538 in Customization Top 25% by installs Actively maintained

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#11,080

-5 this week

Active Installs

300+

-6.5%

KW Avg Position

60.3

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Downloads

32.2K

+4 today

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 5%

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.6.0
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2026
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Kybernetik Services

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 6
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 faster page load by trimming unnecessary markup from menus and category lists. It removes unneeded CSS classes and attributes from navigation menus, page menus, and category lists, reducing HTML output and improving page speed.

Removes unneeded CSS classes
Slims down navigation menu HTML
Filters category list CSS classes
Removes outdated page menu classes
Removes menu item ID attribute
Marks current menu item only
Toggle parent/ancestor classification
Settings persist on deactivation

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Purify WP Menus

Yes, it does.

Short answer: Normally not and if yes, you can take control of it. Long answer: The default settings print out only the CSS class for the active menu items of the current post, page or current category. If the theme's CSS uses also the other CSS classes and/or item ID attributes you will notice some undesirable visual effects on menus and category lists. In this case just find out which classes and/or IDs the theme uses and activate them via the plugin's options page until the effects disappear.

After activating the plugin deletes the id attributes an all CSS classes on every menu item except the CSS classes .current-menu-item in navigation menus and .current_page_item in page menus.

Your settings will be still stored in the WordPress database. After you re-activate the plugin, all your settings are back.

Your settings will be deleted, too. In other words: There would not remain any useless settings of this plugin.

Yes. It does this way as default. You can activate the output of every menu item's id on the plugin's options page.

Normally, if you deselect every checkbox for page menus on the plugin's option page, no class attribute should be there in page menus. But the WordPress files do not offer a gentle way to suppress the class attribute if it has no values. The plugin saves time and ressources by not trying an own way. If you would have a trick for deleting the empty class attibute with little effort, then please tell me about it.

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