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WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion

by WPBean · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 25 other plugins · 36.7K+ installs across the portfolio →

WPB Accordion Menu: Responsive accordion, vertical sidebar and mobile menu for WooCommerce categories, navigation menus & Elementor.

How scoring works →
87 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 70/100

87 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 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

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

-61% vs prior 30d
50Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

2.2K

now · peak 10.7K

2.1K30d 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

WPB Accordion Menu · #2151 you Vertical Menu Block · #17363 Responsive Vertical · #7852 Iks Menu · #2121

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.4Stars · 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.

212per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

8

releases in the last 12 months

1mo ago

latest release · v1.8.7

26

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.8.7 · 1mo ago1.8.6 · 2mo ago1.8.5 · 2mo ago1.8.4 · 3mo ago1.8.3 · 8mo ago1.8.2 · 10mo ago1.8.1 · 11mo ago1.8 · 12mo ago1.7.9 · 1.2y ago1.7.8 · 1.4y ago1.7.7 · 1.4y ago1.7.6 · 1.4y ago1.7.5 · 1.4y ago1.7.4 · 1.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.8 71%
v1.7 12%
v1.4 10%
Older / other versions 6.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈17K

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

Install history · since 2015-10-01 · 1,428 observations

10KInstalls · 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 declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
1.8.7
Last updated
8d ago
Added
2015-07-09 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. losvincent
    2mo ago

    This plugin is fantastic for building custom sidebar directory navigation for WooCommerce and ACF. I love it so much!

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  2. beatty67
    7mo ago

    Terrific plugin with excellent support (for just the free version, too). I hate just about everything related to styling menus, and the WPB accordion menu plugin gave me my life back when developing a site using a child of Twenty Twenty-four. Easy enough to customize this menu but, out of the box, it’s already worlds better than what comes with a default WordPress theme. Also I have hated other menu plugins. Not so with these guys. It’s super and duper.

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  3. jamesjhoyt
    10mo ago

    I needed a complex menu that worked beautifully on desktop and mobile for a travel website. This was perfect. Where I had some confusion I emailed for some help and got well thought out answers and even some CSS code that made my site work exactly the way I had planned. The Pro version is simply amazing.

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  4. papijo
    11mo ago

    just what I needed

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  5. Alok Sharma
    11mo ago

    After struggling with several documentation and FAQ solutions, I wanted something simple, lightweight, and consistent with my website design — not another bloated plugin that adds its own layout and breaks branding. My requirement was clear:I needed a plugin that could display a collapsible navigation tree in the sidebar — showing my FAQ categories and their posts — while keeping everything within my site’s native Blocksy layout. Then I discovered WPB Accordion Menu or Category. After testing the free version, I instantly upgraded to the Pro version. The plugin allowed me to build exactly the kind of Post navigation tree I had envisioned — clean, intuitive, and completely bloat-free. What truly makes this plugin special is not just its functionality but the developer behind it.Imran was incredibly helpful, cooperative, and honest in his responses. He personally looked into my setup, identified the issue, and fixed it promptly — even explaining the root cause so I could learn from it. That kind of support and transparency is rare these days. If you’re looking for a plugin to build a navigation tree for Pages, Posts, CPTs, Categories, or Menus — something that feels native to your site and doesn’t add unnecessary weight — I highly recommend WPB Accordion Menu or Category PRO. It’s a perfect blend of simplicity, functionality, and genuine developer support.

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  6. simeon78
    12mo ago

    Work as we need, recommend it!

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  7. eastangle
    12mo ago

    When I was using the free version, I had an issue. It was resolved quickly by WPB, so I bought the Pro version! Again, I had some queries, and these were sorted out quickly and courteously. My only small niggles are English spelling typos in some of the config screens, and some of the UI terms could be clearer. But these are small issues, given the price, functionality and support.

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  8. monica9090
    1.1y ago

    I had a specific request regarding the plugin, and Mr. Imran from the support team went above and beyond by implementing a custom modification just for me. The response was quick, professional, and very helpful. The plugin itself works great and suits my needs perfectly.Highly recommended — both the product and the team behind it!

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0 WPB Accordion Menu or Category initial release 1.0
  2. Version 1.01 Cookie problem fixed 1.01
  3. Version 1.02 W3 validation issue fixed. 1.02
  4. Version 1.03 Small bug fixed. 1.03
  5. Version 1.04 Accordion navigation icon changing feature added. 1.04
  6. Version 1.05 Added WordPress 4.7 support 1.05

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Swedish 44%
German 33%
German (Formal) 33%
Russian 4%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-12-15 9K+ → 10K+ up after 2 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-13 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-12 9K+ → 10K+ up after 270 days in tier
  4. 2025-03-17 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-03-15 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2025-03-13 8K+ → 9K+ up after 189 days in tier
  7. 2024-09-05 7K+ → 8K+ up after 348 days in tier
  8. 2023-09-23 6K+ → 7K+ up after 2 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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