10 Best HT Menu Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
HT Menu has 3,000+ 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 HT Menu
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QuadMenu
Closest matchQuadMenu – Mega Menu
4.5 (269) 10,000+ active installsResponsive mega menu plugin for WordPress with customizable layouts and an intuitive drag-and-drop builder.
Shares the mega menu, megamenu, menu tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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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 mega menu, megamenu, menu tags on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.8 (877) 300,000+ active installsAn easy to use mega menu plugin. Written the WordPress way.
Shares the mega menu, menu tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Happy Addons for Elementor
Paid version available4.8 (487) 400,000+ active installsHappyAddons packs Header Footer Builder, Megamenu, Single Post, Archive Page, & 500+ Ready Templates into one powerful Elementor Addons plugin.
Shares the elementor, mega menu tags on WordPress.org. About 133 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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4.4 (219) 8,000+ active installsWordPress Mega Menu is a responsive, highly customizable drag and drop menu builder plugin. Download free WordPress megamenu plugin.
Shares the mega menu, megamenu tags on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, no update since November 3, 2021.
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Responsive Menu – Create Mobile-Friendly Menu
4.5 (572) 70,000+ active installsMobile menu & hamburger menu builder for WordPress. Create a responsive, customisable menu with 150+ options — no coding needed.
Shares the mega menu tag on WordPress.org. About 23 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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HT Mega Addons for Elementor
Paid version availableHT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder
4.1 (65) 70,000+ active installsElementor addon offering 146+ widgets, AI Builder, Mega Menu, Ready Templates, Page Builder, Slider, Gallery, Post Grid & more.
Shares the mega menu tag on WordPress.org. About 23 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor
4.5 (46) 80,000+ active installsGutenKit – Ultimate no-code Gutenberg blocks to design stunning web pages and visually stunning posts in WordPress block editor.
Shares the mega menu tag on WordPress.org. About 27 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus
4.9 (849) 100,000+ active installsAdd icons to WordPress navigation menus easily — pick from Font Awesome, Dashicons, image icons & more. Style menu items with custom colors & sizes.
About 33 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.8 (20) 3,000+ active installsElementsReady Addons for Elementor comes up with ultimate widgets like Post, Accordion, Portfolio, Testimonial, Nav menu, Carousel, Slider etc..
Shares the elementor tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since July 31, 2025.
Switching from HT Menu: common questions
What is the best alternative to HT Menu?
QuadMenu is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which HT Menu alternative has the most users?
Happy Addons for Elementor, with 400,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which HT Menu alternative is rated highest?
Menu Icons, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 849 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these HT Menu 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 HT Menu 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 HT Menu 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
QuadMenu is the closest match to HT Menu by the data we track, and Happy Addons for Elementor has the widest reach with 400,000+ active installs. Menu Icons shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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