10 Best Genesis Simple Menus Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Genesis Simple Menus 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 Genesis Simple Menus
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Genesis Simple Hooks
Closest match4.6 (22) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin creates a new Genesis settings page that allows you to insert code (HTML, Shortcodes, and PHP), and attach it to any of the 50+ action hoo …
Shares the genesis, genesiswp, studiopress tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated March 31, 2026.
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4.7 (30) 700+ active installsFind Genesis hooks (action and filter hooks) quick and easily by seeing their actual locations inside your theme.
Shares the genesis, genesiswp, studiopress tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.9 (33) 1,000+ active installsThis plugin works within the Genesis Framework, to display featured images in beautiful and dynamic ways.
Shares the genesis, studiopress tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 11, 2023.
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5.0 (29) 7,000+ active installsAn advanced version of the Genesis - Featured Page widget. Allows you to add a custom image, custom content, page excerpt, and more.
Shares the genesis, genesiswp tags on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, no update since June 23, 2024.
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4.8 (25) 10,000+ active installsAdds shortcodes to easily create up to 42 different columned layouts.
Shares the genesis, genesiswp tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since June 23, 2024.
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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, navigation tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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ShiftNav – Responsive Mobile Menu
4.6 (68) 10,000+ active installsAdd a native-style, off-canvas, responsive mobile navigation menu to your site.
Shares the menu, navigation tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since July 31, 2025.
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5.0 (23) 10,000+ active installsA flexible and robust accordion menu plugin
Shares the menu, navigation tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since May 19, 2025.
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4.7 (20) 10,000+ active installsFlexy Breadcrumb is a super light weight plugin that is easy to navigate through current page hierarchy.
Shares the menu, navigation tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since January 22, 2025.
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4.1 (24) 10,000+ active installsEasy Sticky header installation
Shares the menu, navigation tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since October 22, 2021.
Switching from Genesis Simple Menus: common questions
What is the best alternative to Genesis Simple Menus?
Genesis Simple Hooks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Genesis Simple Menus alternative has the most users?
Genesis Simple Hooks, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Genesis Simple Menus alternative is rated highest?
ShiftNav, rated 4.6 out of 5 by 68 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Genesis Simple Menus 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 Genesis Simple Menus 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 Genesis Simple Menus 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
Genesis Simple Hooks is the closest match to Genesis Simple Menus by the data we track, and Genesis Simple Hooks has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Genesis Simple Hooks shipped the most recent release, on March 31, 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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