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Nav Menu Manager

by Robert Noakes · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.2.7.1 Tested up to WP 6.8.8

Nav Menu Manager has 800+ active installs on WordPress.org and 38,106 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 25, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Nav Menu Manager at a glance

Active installs
800+
Total downloads
38,106
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Nav Menu Manager well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Easily register nav menus via the WordPress admin
  • Fail-safe code helps add a layer of protection to the theme
  • Disable already registered nav menus that won’t be used on the site
  • wp_nav_menu and shortcode generator for quick theme and content implementation
  • Improved nav menu sidebar widget for better widgetized menus

Nav Menu Manager reviews and ratings

5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

5 reviews

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  • Great Solution That Works Well

    Just the plugin I needed for adding a custom menu to my website. Thank you much!

    Clayton Chase

  • Flexible use of menus

    Menus can be easily styled

    ugotta

  • Saved my life...

    With a menu of 140+ items to build, I was going crazy dragging items around. This plugin saved my life simplifying the process with the collapse option. Thank you.

    contactovisualpt

  • Congratulations

    Muy util el plugins para facilitar el llamado de menus sin tocar el core de wordpress. Felicidades.

    erickm33

  • Work very well

    Nice plugin

Details

Simplifies nav menu maintenance and functionality providing more control over nav menus with less coding.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • active
  • code
  • convenient
  • custom
  • disable

More from Robert Noakes

Version
3.2.7.1
Last updated
Oct 25, 2025
First published
Jul 14, 2016
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Nav Menu Manager FAQ

What does Nav Menu Manager do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Nav Menu Manager offers Easily register nav menus via the WordPress admin, Fail-safe code helps add a layer of protection to the theme, Disable already registered nav menus that won’t be used on the site, wp_nav_menu and shortcode generator for quick theme and content implementation and Improved nav menu sidebar widget for better widgetized menus.

How many active installs does Nav Menu Manager have?

WordPress.org reports 800+ active installs for Nav Menu Manager as of September 7, 2026.

Is Nav Menu Manager still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 25, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Is Nav Menu Manager free?

Nav Menu Manager is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.