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Auto Submenu

by Diana van de Laarschot · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

Dynamic menus: Add a page to your menu and then let WordPress automatically add the child pages.

How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

96 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 81/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+4% vs prior 30d
56Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

630

now · peak 4.1K

2K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Auto Submenu · #4396 you WP-PageNavi · #131 Max Mega Menu · #164 Menu Image, Icons ma · #405

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

997per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.0.6

12

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.6 · 3mo ago1.0.5 · 9mo ago1.0.4 · 1.1y ago1.0.3 · 1.8y ago1.0.2 · 2.1y ago1.0.1 · 2.2y ago1.0.0 · 2.4y ago0.3.2 · 2.7y ago0.3.1 · 2.7y ago0.3.0 · 3.0y ago0.2 · 11.7y ago0.1 · 14.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 73%
v0.2 23%
v0.3 3.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.6K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-05-03 · 1,433 observations

2KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.7
Last updated
yesterday
Added
2012-04-26 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
5.4
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. emrock5
    1.9y ago

    Page Structure sync to Menu rocks.Works like a charm along with “CMS Tree Page View” – Plugin

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  2. coconutboy
    2.8y ago

    Appreciate the dev to have developed something like this but it’s amazing how in 2023, wordpress cannot resolve URL like every other cms. Wow, just wow.

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  3. Claudio
    3.0y ago

    Simple solution for a simple problem. Works like a champ without apply any additional settings.

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  4. mkoppen
    10.2y ago

    This work simple and perfect. for me as a beginner with wordpress Thanks

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  5. thorshammer
    10.3y ago

    An excellent tool, thank you! Flaws: 1. Needs better explanation on how to implement – getting started might seem intuitive to some, others (like myself) have to figure out how to start a new menu’s “child” hierarchy correctly; 2. When adding new pages, MUST get it right first try; if you forget to make the new page a child (using “PARENT” drop-down), you cannot go back after and correct – the auto-add menu feature won’t see it; have to redo /clone the page and get it right this time;

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  6. simon_a6
    10.5y ago

    With or without that other box ticked, and with Setting Parent correct, it doesn’t appear in the menu.

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  7. stormcry7
    10.5y ago

    Sadly not working. Let me know if its gonna be compatible with my version(4.4.2) !

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  8. PoseLab
    10.7y ago

    Good, saved me from a lot of work. Bookmarked

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.6 Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0 1.0.6
  2. Version 1.0.5 Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9 1.0.5
  3. Version 1.0.4 Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.8 1.0.4
  4. Version 1.0.3 Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.7 1.0.3
  5. Version 1.0.2 Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.6 1.0.2
  6. Version 1.0.1 Bugfix: Plugin moved page to the bottom of the submenu. 1.0.1

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-02-08 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-06 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-05 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-02-03 2K+ → 3K+ up after 10 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-24 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-23 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-20 2K+ → 3K+ up after 12 days in tier

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).

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