10 Best WP Menu Image Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Menu Image 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 Menu Image
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Nav Menu Images
Closest match4.2 (37) 6,000+ active installsDisplay image as a menu item content.
Shares the image, menu tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.6 (30) 10,000+ active installsAllow your visitors to contact you via mobile phones, or access your site's pages instantly.
Shares the icon tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 15, 2026.
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Menu Image, Icons made easy
4.5 (123) 100,000+ active installsAdds an image or icon in the menu items. You can choose the position of the image (after, before, above, below) or even hide the menu item title.
Shares the image, menu tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, no update since July 20, 2025.
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4.9 (47) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, uncheck this to exclude pages from the page navigation that users see on your site.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.7 (20) 10,000+ active installsFlexy Breadcrumb is a super light weight plugin that is easy to navigate through current page hierarchy.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since January 22, 2025.
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4.8 (23) 20,000+ active installsAdd a dynamic "Login" or "Logout" menu item to any WordPress Menu and control redirects.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 28, 2026.
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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.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.9 (138) 20,000+ active installsWP Menu Icons allows you to add icons to your WordPress menu items.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.1 (24) 10,000+ active installsEasy Sticky header installation
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since October 22, 2021.
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5.0 (38) 10,000+ active installsSimple Floating Menu adds a floating sticky bar of icon buttons to your site, with tooltips, in the position and shape you choose.
Shares the menu tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
Switching from WP Menu Image: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Menu Image?
Nav Menu Images is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Menu Image alternative has the most users?
Menu Image, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Menu Image alternative is rated highest?
WP Menu Icons, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 138 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Menu Image 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 Menu Image 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 Menu Image 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
Nav Menu Images is the closest match to WP Menu Image by the data we track, and Menu Image has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Simple Floating Menu shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 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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