10 Best Add Descendants As Submenu Items Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Add Descendants As Submenu Items has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Add Descendants As Submenu Items
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Nav Menu Images
Closest match4.2 (37) 6,000+ active installsDisplay image as a menu item content.
Shares the menu, nav menu tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.7 (23) 1,000+ active installsAdds search box as a choice of item in navigation menus admin area.
Shares the menu, nav menu tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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5.0 (20) 5,000+ active installsAdd navigation menu field type to Advanced Custom Fields
Shares the menu, nav menu tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since June 10, 2025.
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4.9 (219) 70,000+ active installsHide custom menu items based on user roles.
Shares the menu, nav menu tags on WordPress.org. About 35 times the installs, last updated March 26, 2026.
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Menu Image, Icons made easy
4.5 (123) 100,000+ active installsAdds an image or icon in the menu items. You can choose the position of the image (after, before, above, below) or even hide the menu item title.
Shares the menu, nav menu tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, no update since July 20, 2025.
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User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility
5.0 (1,278) 80,000+ active installsShow/hide menu items to logged in users, logged out users or specific user roles. Display logged in user details in menu. Add a logout link to menu.
Shares the menu, nav menu tags on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.8 (141) 2,000+ active installsAdd WordPress Dropdown Menu Widget easily! Upgrade your sidebar menus to responsive dropdown widget now!
Shares the nav menu tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.9 (47) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, uncheck this to exclude pages from the page navigation that users see on your site.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (23) 20,000+ active installsAdd a dynamic "Login" or "Logout" menu item to any WordPress Menu and control redirects.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 28, 2026.
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4.9 (138) 20,000+ active installsWP Menu Icons allows you to add icons to your WordPress menu items.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
Switching from Add Descendants As Submenu Items: common questions
What is the best alternative to Add Descendants As Submenu Items?
Nav Menu Images is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Add Descendants As Submenu Items alternative has the most users?
Menu Image, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Add Descendants As Submenu Items alternative is rated highest?
User Menus, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1,278 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Add Descendants As Submenu Items alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Add Descendants As Submenu Items score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Add Descendants As Submenu Items on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Nav Menu Images is the closest match to Add Descendants As Submenu Items by the data we track, and Menu Image has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. WP Menu Icons shipped the most recent release, on August 24, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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