Advanced Sidebar Menu

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 56% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ tomsugar1

   1.9y ago

   I downloaded and installed it , and while there wasn’t an option of floating icons I wanted, it got the job done

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2. ★★★★★ WillOfTheWeb

   2.5y ago

   The pro version of this plugin is a disaster. As soon as you activate it, it renders your menu items invisible. Also to get the full benefit of it you have to install the Classic Sidebar plugin as the block version is terrible.

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3. ★★★★★ omigosh

   3.1y ago

   I’d love to have a plugin like this but I can’t make it work. Best I can do is make a list of categories, but I can’t get it to list individual posts within a category. Tried everything. Nothing works. Not even sure if it’s supposed to display individual posts in a category. There’s no information in what might be laughlingly called ‘Documentation’. I spent a large chunk of my day trying to make this thing work and it simply does not work.

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4. ★★★★★ EleanorR Greenawalt

   4.0y ago

   Thanks to developers, I just got what I wanted!

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5. ★★★★★ deeholzman

   4.3y ago

   This plugin is extremely helpful in organizing our large site side navigation with many sections and sub sections. It’s also very customizable and easy to set up. It’s extremely well thought out and can be used right out of the box or heavily customized.

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6. ★★★★★ zihniates

   4.8y ago

   Not working at twentytwentyone theme.

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   4.8y ago

   Advanced Sidebar Menus is a nice little plugin that does what it says it does right out of the box. All you have to do is place the correct widget (for page hierarchy OR post category hierarchy) in the right location. Good job!

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8. ★★★★★ nickshepherd

   5.3y ago

   This is great, I’m using this plugin on a site with more than 100 pages and half a dozen categories. Previously to have different links on different pages. I made multiple sidebars. Keeping track in the widget area was work, with lots of clutter. Returning to a site made months before to change something was a bit daunting. This is so simple, if you are using pages, use the child parent relationship and for posts categories. I use the default sidebar and two widgets, simple, clean, straightforward… As long as I link the page with a parent or post with a category it’s all automatic…

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 9.8.5 Harden node security and resolve dependabot security alerts. Required PRO version 9.10.1+. Tested to WordPress Core 7.0.2 9.8.5
2. — Version 9.8.4 Improve page ordering defaults. Officially support PHP 8.5. Tested to WordPress Core 7.0. 9.8.4
3. — Version 9.8.3 Added JSON serialization to block attributes. Improved block attribute translation naming. Removed temporary common attribute filters. Tested to WordPress Core 6.9.0. 9.8.3
4. — Version 9.8.2 Fixed the display of the “Show on single posts” option in category blocks. 9.8.2
5. — Version 9.8.1 Introduced ‘advanced-sidebar-menu/pages/general-after’ slot fill. Updated expired @todos in PHP docs. 9.8.1
6. — Version 9.8.0 Updated Node.js to version 22.21.1. Killed the JS block attribute handler. Updated ESLint rules to version 5 and fixed all suggestions. Combined WidgetWithId into the Widget interface. Required PRO version 9.9.0+. Tested 9.8.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 128 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 104 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-12-06 20K+ → 10K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Widget Menuizer 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• W WooSidebars 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
• User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Nav Menu Roles 70K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Shortcode in Menus 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B

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Advanced Sidebar Menu: 10K+ active installs, 4.5★ (37 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-sidebar-menu