Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget

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1. ★★★★★ aedilius

   11mo ago

   My father always said, “An old man is no express train,” and now I am that old man. I admit, I was hoping to get an answer, but it was so quick, it was amazing. Thank you. With your change, everyone can now read the menu on our site, which is actually the most important thing.Thanks again for the lightning-fast support.

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2. ★★★★★ hayleythehailstorm

   2.1y ago

   I am using this plugin for one of my clients, as they wanted a dropdown menu that takes customers to their respective Terrazzo Association sites their state falls under. This was literally “plug and play” — and worked right out of the gate without any further customization. When I noticed some funky behavior on Safari on iOS, Jeroen was super quick to respond and investigate my query. I would highly recommend this plugin to anyone needing a navigation dropdown widget, and I will definitely be using it again on future client sites! 10/10!

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3. ★★★★★ patcrt

   2.9y ago

   I was looking for a plugin which provides a dropdown of a menu and this worked exactly as I’d hoped without having to bring in any more pages or posts than necessary, and works perfectly amongst long form content, especially on mobile, to keep users engaged. Thanks Jeroen for a great solution!

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4. ★★★★★ copiaguelibrary

   4.3y ago

   plugin works great and the developer is very responsive.

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5. ★★★★★ Salman Khawaja

   4.3y ago

   I had a problem identifying a league ID. Jeroen solved this super fast with a great update. The best drop down widget!

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6. ★★★★★ wzshop

   4.9y ago

   Perfect, just what I needed.

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7. ★★★★★ chillmen

   5.7y ago

   Well done, easy to use. Create a menu, add to the widget and done. Thank you to the developer for this plugin

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8. ★★★★★ Chigolo

   5.8y ago

   The plugin is simple and works out of the box. I had some suggestions for improvement that were quickly implemented by the manufacturer within 3 updates in a week. Top! I can only recommend the plugin, it is very easy to use and easy to modify.

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-04-16 CVE-2024-32126 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.4 Patched in 1.3.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 7 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-15 3K+ → 2K+ 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).

• Max Mega Menu 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• E Exclude Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
• Flexy Breadcrumb 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
• M Menu Duplicator 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/navigation-menu-as-dropdown-widget