10 Best Menu Icons Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Menu Icons sits at #5 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. 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 Menu Icons
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WP Menu Icons
Closest match4.9 (138) 20,000+ active installsWP Menu Icons allows you to add icons to your WordPress menu items.
#7 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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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.
#2 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (877) 300,000+ active installsAn easy to use mega menu plugin. Written the WordPress way.
#1 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 5 days ago.
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QuadMenu – Mega Menu
4.5 (269) 10,000+ active installsResponsive mega menu plugin for WordPress with customizable layouts and an intuitive drag-and-drop builder.
#4 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated 14 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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.1 against 4.9, 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.
#8 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. About 4 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 8 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.
#3 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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5.0 (5) 30,000+ active installsHeader Footer Builder for Elementor — create headers, footers & a mega menu for WordPress & WooCommerce. Beginner-friendly & optimized.
#10 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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5.0 (8) 5,000+ active installsCreate custom dropdown & mobile menus using WordPress blocks. Design rich, responsive navigation with any block content in the block editor.
#9 in the WordPress.org Mega Menu Plugins ranking. 5,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 4 days ago.
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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
4.9 (4,350) 1 million+ active installsFormerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
Menu Icons against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Menu Icons vs WP Menu Icons100,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.9
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Menu Icons vs Responsive Menu100,000+ vs 70,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.5
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Menu Icons vs Max Mega Menu100,000+ vs 300,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.8
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Menu Icons vs QuadMenu100,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.5
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Menu Icons vs HT Mega Addons for Elementor100,000+ vs 70,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.1
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Menu Icons vs Happy Addons for Elementor100,000+ vs 400,000+ installs · 4.9 vs 4.8
Switching from Menu Icons: common questions
What is the best alternative to Menu Icons?
WP Menu Icons is the closest match: it shares the Mega Menu Plugins top 10 with Menu Icons and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Menu Icons alternative has the most users?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Menu Icons alternative is rated highest?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,350 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Menu Icons 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 Menu Icons 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 Menu Icons 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
WP Menu Icons is the closest match to Menu Icons by the data we track, and Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Ollie Menu Designer shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 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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