10 Best WP-dTree Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP-dTree has 2,000+ 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 WP-dTree
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Visual Sitemap
Closest match4.9 (30) 400+ active installsDisplay an interactive visual sitemap of pages, tags, and categories in admin.
Shares the navigation, tree tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since December 26, 2017.
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4.1 (57) 4,000+ active installsAdds a widget which uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of posts for each category.
Shares the navigation, sidebar tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 12, 2026.
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4.7 (21) 9,000+ active installsThe List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto …
Shares the category, sidebar tags on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated July 19, 2026.
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4.8 (34) 1,000+ active installsA plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
Shares the category, sidebar tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since September 12, 2025.
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4.7 (30) 6,000+ active installsSimple Yearly Archive is a rather neat and simple Wordpress plugin that allows you to display your archives in a year-based list.
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated August 15, 2026.
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4.8 (45) 3,000+ active installsA JS widget (can be used in posts) for displaying an archive list with some effects.
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated April 3, 2026.
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4.5 (151) 6,000+ active installsAuto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since April 16, 2024.
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4.9 (36) 5,000+ active installsUse an "Archived" status to unpublish content without having to trash it.
Shares the archive tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated February 17, 2026.
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4.7 (161) 20,000+ active installsThe easiest and highest rated way to Add Widgets or Sidebars to Posts and Pages using Visual editor, shortcodes or template tags.
Shares the sidebar tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 13, 2024.
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WP Sticky Sidebar – Floating Sidebar On Scroll for Any Theme
4.9 (153) 10,000+ active installsWP Sticky Sidebar plugin will make your menu or header stick to the side of page, after desired number of pixels when scrolled 📌
Shares the sidebar tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated August 13, 2026.
Switching from WP-dTree: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP-dTree?
Visual Sitemap is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 400+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which WP-dTree alternative has the most users?
Widgets on Pages, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP-dTree alternative is rated highest?
WP Sticky Sidebar, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 153 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP-dTree 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 WP-dTree 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 WP-dTree 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
Visual Sitemap is the closest match to WP-dTree by the data we track, and Widgets on Pages has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Simple Yearly Archive shipped the most recent release, on August 15, 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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