Easy Table of Contents

Most reviewers still praise the plugin and its quick, helpful support, but the newest reviews include 1-star complaints about frequent buggy updates, a CSS regression in 2.0.87 and links built from image file names.

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394 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 350 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank vs rivals

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 21 months to cross, which places it about 76% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ rafiqaqil1

   7mo ago

   Excellent support! The team was very helpful and resolved my issue. Highly recommended.

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2. ★★★★★ slavomir12

   8mo ago

   Thank you very much your work developers. I am very grateful for your wok and for your helpful plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ hernan96

   9mo ago

   I was looking for a plugin about Table of Contents and I found the indicated one. There was an issue regarding compability with Elementor but the support team was able to solve it. I have to note the support team was extremely helpful. I fully recommend this plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ Oligraph

   9mo ago

   I am very happy to have found this plugin: it is elegant and functional. And it can be set to display in a visually unobtrusive size, which was my major concern. I can style it easily with some CSS. And it translates well with WPML. I can highly recommend it!

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5. ★★★★★ MJ Habib

   1.0y ago

   This plugin makes adding a table of contents effortless. It auto-detects headings, is easy to configure, and gives me simple options to control where and how the TOC appears. It’s saved me time and improved navigation on long posts — thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ Guidenex

   1.0y ago

   Error messages are not being addressed even though the paid version is available. The mobile table of contents does not function, and for months the response has been that it will be addressed in future updates. Clearly a subscription trap to collect money, but the premium features of the plugin do not function.

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7. ★★★★★ SEO specialista a copywriter Daniel Beránek

   1.1y ago

   complex & at the same time very easy to implement and set up

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8. ★★★★★ hansbeen

   1.3y ago

   It works properly on PHP 7.4.On PHP 8 (up to 8.3) it does not work. If you click a link in the table it just goes to the top of the page.I have 2 sites with the same setup. One it works, the other not, but I cannot find the difference between the websites.Disabling all of the other plugins makes no difference.Is there an explanation or fix?Due o this I put the php back to 7.4 nowWordPress theme twenty-seventeen This topic was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by hansbeen.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.85 Improvement : Collapsible Sub Headings not working for h3 under h2 #969 Improvement: New design for sticky toc #968 Fixed: Easy TOC Conflict with Divi Builder with latest update 2.0.84 #967 Fixed: Easy TOC Conflict with 2.0.85
2. — Version 2.0.84 Fixed: EZ TOC includes rendered shortcode HTML when generating heading text and anchor IDs #961 Fixed: Auto Insert After 2nd+ Image Breaks WordPress Gallery Closing Tag #963 Fixed: Duplicate TOC Headings Generated on YOO 2.0.84
3. — Version 2.0.83 Fixed: TOC menu hamburger gets stucked #945 Fixed: ETOC widget sticky shodecode not working properly. #921 Fixed: Bug while adding short code #953 Fixed: Smooth Scroll and exclude from url not working when using data-hre 2.0.83
4. — Version 2.0.82.2 Fixed: Missing null check for global $post causing PHP warnings in REST API post creation #951 Fixed: cn_toc_admin_data is not defined ReferenceError: #950 2.0.82.2
5. — Version 2.0.82.1 Fixed: Sticky TOC does not open after the latest update (version 2.0.82). #949 Fixed: Table Numbers and Sticky TOC Not Rendering (Counter & Sticky Function Failure) #948 2.0.82.1
6. — Version 2.0.82 Fixed: Underlined Header Issue in elementor text editor #944 Fixed: ‘Disable Sticky TOC’ setting ignored (Pro filter result overwritten by free plugin) #940 Fixed: Authenticated (Contributor+) CSS Injection in 2.0.82

All 6 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.0.89). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.78 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-02-18 CVE-2025-13738 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.78 Patched in 2.0.79
2. Patched Medium · 4.3 Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.80 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2026-02-11 CVE-2026-32343 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 2.0.80 Patched in 2.0.81
3. Patched Medium · 4.4 Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.67.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-07-16 CVE-2024-7082 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.67.1 Patched in 2.0.68
4. Patched Medium · 4.4 Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.67 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-06-18 CVE-2024-6334 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.67 Patched in 2.0.67.1
5. Patched Medium · 4.4 Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.65 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-06-05 CVE-2024-5573 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.65 Patched in 2.0.66
6. Patched Medium · 5.4 Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.45.2 - Missing Authorization via eztoc_reset_options_to_default ↗
   2023-03-21 CVE-2023-25469 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.0.45.2 Patched in 2.0.46

Translated into 27 languages, 14 at 90% or more

Plus 3 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-07-17 500K+ → 600K+ up after 621 days in tier
2. 2023-11-04 400K+ → 500K+ up after 243 days in tier
3. 2023-03-06 300K+ → 400K+ up after 376 days in tier
4. 2022-02-23 200K+ → 300K+ up after 559 days in tier
5. 2020-08-13 100K+ → 200K+ up after 275 days in tier
6. 2019-11-12 90K+ → 100K+ up after 132 days in tier
7. 2019-07-03 70K+ → 90K+ up after 100 days in tier
8. 2019-03-25 60K+ → 70K+ up after 32 days in tier

Competes with

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Easy Table of Contents: 600K+ active installs, 4.4★ (221 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/easy-table-of-contents