10 Best JC Submenu Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
JC Submenu has 4,000+ 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 JC Submenu
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Category Posts in Custom Menu
Closest match4.8 (43) 2,000+ active installsDynamic menus: List all posts from a category in your menu. Also works for tags, custom taxonomies as well as pages and custom post types.
Shares the Dynamic, menu, submenu tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.7 (28) 5,000+ active installsEnables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode …
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 20, 2020.
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Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK
4.7 (97) 10,000+ active installsA must have tool for creating custom fields, custom post types and taxonomies, fast and without any programming knowledge.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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4.7 (20) 1,000+ active installsExtends the native sticky post functionality to custom post types in a way that is identical to default posts.
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since January 15, 2015.
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WP Ultimate Post Grid
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.9 (46) 3,000+ active installsManual related posts without slowing down your website!
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the custom post type tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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4.4 (46) 10,000+ active installsMap your Gravity-Forms-generated posts to a custom post type and/or custom taxonomies.
Shares the taxonomy tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installsEasily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
Shares the taxonomy tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since May 13, 2019.
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Advanced Views for Custom Fields and Posts
Paid version available4.8 (36) 3,000+ active installsDisplay content with full control over selection and layout. Lightweight and compatible with any theme or page builder.
Shares the taxonomy tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 16 days ago.
Switching from JC Submenu: common questions
What is the best alternative to JC Submenu?
Category Posts in Custom Menu is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which JC Submenu alternative has the most users?
WCK, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which JC Submenu alternative is rated highest?
WCK, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 97 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these JC Submenu 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 JC Submenu 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 JC Submenu 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
Category Posts in Custom Menu is the closest match to JC Submenu by the data we track, and WCK has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Category Posts in Custom Menu shipped the most recent release, on August 28, 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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