Better Section Navigation
by cornershop · WordPress.org page
Better Section Navigation has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 16,505 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 3, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Better Section Navigation at a glance
Is Better Section Navigation well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Determine whether the widget should appear on the home page
- Override standard behavior and have the widget show all pages in the current section
- Determine whether the widget should appear even if the section only has one page (the top level)
- Provide a list of pages to exclude from the output
- Determine whether the section navigation should still appear when viewing excluded pages
- Use a specific widget title (i.e. In This Section), or just use the top level page title
- Determine whether the section title should be linked
- Determine page sort order (defaults to menu order)
Better Section Navigation reviews and ratings
4 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Works Great
Works perfectly, thanks for taking over the previous project guys, it's a useful plugin.
crdunst -
Pleasantly surprised
I was pleasantly surprised to see how neat and clean the menu looks and how easy it was to order & nest the pages. Just edit the page, and to the right of the editor you'll see a section called Page Attributes. If you want to nest the page under another page, enter the name of the parent page there. To nest the page two deep, just list an existing child page as its parent. If you have several pages nested together under a single parent page, give each a number in Page Attributes to order them on the front end. There's also a few controls you can play with when you expand the widget. So if you wanted to eliminate the index on your "About Me" page, you could easily do so. I'm likin' it.
LinkAssist -
Great plugin by a great team
I've used Simple Section Navigation for years (10?) as a foundation for CMS websites. Will be replacing with BSN; tickled to be able to switch to a supported, regularly updated version, although, except for an update a couple years ago to make it compatible with a PHP update, I've never had any issues with SSN. Willing to bet BSN will be rock-solid as well.
raygulick -
just on time
I needed a plugin with similar functionality for my recent project and found this up-to-date version. Works great, thanks!
luboskmetko
Details
Creates a new widget for listing section-based navigation -- essential for contextual navigation. Also implements a template function and a shortcode.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- cms
- hierarchy
- navigation
- pages
- Section
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- Version
- 1.7.0
- Last updated
- Dec 3, 2025
- First published
- Jun 14, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 2.8
- Tested up to
- 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Better Section Navigation FAQ
What does Better Section Navigation do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Better Section Navigation offers Determine whether the widget should appear on the home page, Override standard behavior and have the widget show all pages in the current section, Determine whether the widget should appear even if the section only has one page (the top level), Provide a list of pages to exclude from the output and Determine whether the section navigation should still appear when viewing excluded pages.
How many active installs does Better Section Navigation have?
WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Better Section Navigation as of September 7, 2026.
Is Better Section Navigation still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on December 3, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Is Better Section Navigation free?
Better Section Navigation is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.