SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block

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1. ★★★★★ Hans-Gerd Gerhards

   3mo ago

   The plugin works brilliantly. The support is fantastic. A conflict with another plugin (Noted) was resolved in just 1–2 hours. Thanks

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2. ★★★★★ 3tianne

   8mo ago

   Does the job with no fuss. I feel that the option to include a basic show/hide button (no animations or other bloat necessary) would add a great deal of polish for very little impact. But, the plugin advertises itself as something that is minimalist, no CSS, no JS, and that is what it is. The links also follow the CSS rules from the site theme which is strangely not the case for other TOC plugins. Well done this dev.

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3. ★★★★★ Zetona

   8mo ago

   Thank you Marc, your plugin just works as expected!

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4. ★★★★★ js100

   9mo ago

   The plugin works exceptionally well. It is lightweight, stable, and fully compatible with WordPress Full Site Editing. A reliable solution that integrates seamlessly and performs exactly as expected.

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5. ★★★★★ Clicknathan

   1.3y ago

   Comparing this to the “Table Of Contents Block” by WPDeveloper, I prefer this one because: It just works automatically. It has less options, but just enough to do what you need. It adds nothing to the frontend to cause bloat. No CSS, no JS. At least not right out of the box. Additional settings can be enabled that will add these, but it’s nice that we have the option! This is an example of what a well-written plugin should be.

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6. ★★★★★ Burgeule

   1.6y ago

   Ich hatte den Button erst gar nicht gefunden / übersehen unter “Blöcke” -> “Design” -> “SimpleTOC”.Klein und fein, wirklich zu empfehlen…

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7. ★★★★★ Mark Wilkinson

   1.8y ago

   This is an excellent plugin that easily adds table of contents in your posts / pages and it provides links to the relevant headings. Does exactly what I want and I would highly recommend it if you are looking for an easy to use tale of contents block plugin. Thanks so much for sharing.

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8. ★★★★★ nishantmalik

   1.8y ago

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 7.1.1 Fixed: Prevented WordPress HTML API notices when nested block content is not a string. Fixed: Escaped TOC links and titles before rendering them. Fixed: Preserved legacy SimpleTOC block validity in the WordPress editor. 7.1.1
2. — Version 7.1.0 Fixed: Avoid DOMDocument HTML parsing for highlighted heading markup by using the WordPress HTML API. Changed: Minimum required WordPress version is now 6.2. Added: PHPUnit coverage for core rendering helpers and an edit 7.1.0
3. — Version 7.0.10 Fixed: Prevent the SimpleTOC editor preview from collapsing during WordPress autosaves. Changed: Automatic editor refresh now runs after manual post saves and keeps the previous TOC visible while updating. 7.0.10
4. — Version 7.0.9 Fixed: Restored WordPress 7.0 editor previews for existing SimpleTOC blocks that contain legacy editor-only attributes. Fixed: The “Hide SimpleTOC” editor toggle no longer stores a redundant helper attribute. 7.0.9
5. — Version 7.0.8 Fixed: Prevent editor preview errors when another plugin adds editor-only attributes to blocks, for example Noted! block notes. Thanks Hans-Gerd Gerhards (@hage). 7.0.8
6. — Version 7.3.0 Changed: Box is now a native Gutenberg block style in the Styles tab. Added: Native text, link, background color, margin, and padding controls. Added: theme.json styling support for colors, spacing, and typography. Added 7.3.0

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

Translated into 22 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2022-11-08 9K+ → 10K+ up after 33 days in tier
2. 2022-10-06 8K+ → 9K+ up

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).

• Easy Table of Contents 600K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• LuckyWP Table of Contents 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Flexible Table Block 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Rich Table of Contents 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• Table Of Contents Block 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (77 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simpletoc