10 Best Hide Drafts in Menus Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Hide Drafts in Menus has 1,000+ 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 Hide Drafts in Menus
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Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu
Closest match4.9 (74) 2,000+ active installsAll admin links available in a neat horizontal drop down menu. Saves lots of screen real estate!
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since June 9, 2020.
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4.5 (37) 10,000+ active installsFully automatic sidebar menus.
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Faster Appearance – Menus
4.9 (29) 200+ active installsWatch the video
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since August 20, 2013.
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5.0 (20) 1,000+ active installsSeamlessly adds 3 new menu locations to the admin toolbar.
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 2, 2024.
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Widgets in Menu for WordPress
4.8 (21) 8,000+ active installsAllows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, no update since June 27, 2018.
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4.8 (24) 7,000+ active installsAllow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items.
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, no update since June 2, 2021.
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Off-Canvas Sidebars & Menus (Slidebars)
4.8 (38) 1,000+ active installsAdd off-canvas sidebars (Slidebars) containing widgets, menus or other content using the Slidebars jQuery plugin.
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 2, 2026.
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5.0 (20) 5,000+ active installsAdd navigation menu field type to Advanced Custom Fields
Shares the menus tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since June 10, 2025.
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5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installsAn admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.
Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated November 17, 2025.
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4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installsEasily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
Shares the pages tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 13, 2019.
Switching from Hide Drafts in Menus: common questions
What is the best alternative to Hide Drafts in Menus?
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Hide Drafts in Menus alternative has the most users?
Advanced Sidebar Menu, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Hide Drafts in Menus alternative is rated highest?
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 74 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Hide Drafts in 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 Hide Drafts in 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 Hide Drafts in 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
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu is the closest match to Hide Drafts in Menus by the data we track, and Advanced Sidebar Menu has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Advanced Sidebar Menu 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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