As many of our readers are asking for the best WordPress navigation menu plugins for their websites, we have listed some top options in this award. In fact, this kind of plugin is very useful, for it allows you to enhance the menu management, improve the front-end, and optimize the page structures in the WordPress admin panel with ease. Therefore, simply choose one from our recommendations listed in the following, achieving a better display and readability of your site.
jQuery Responsive Select Menu
Requires: 3.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.7.1
Last Updated: 2013-11-11
Downloads: 4,904
Just as the name suggests, this plugin is built with jQuery technology to provide excellent usability and cross-browser support. It automatically turns your standard navigation menus into a responsive one. If the screen is below a certain width, your navigation can come with some drop-down menus. Besides, it is fully customizable, allowing you to choose width, custom menu text, and which menus to affect as you wish. Best of all, this plugin is lightweight that is less than 3kb.
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Nav Menu Field
Requires: 3.4 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.5.2
Last Updated: 2013-8-21
Downloads: 8,231
This plugin is used to add the navigation menu to Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), with which you can select from your favorite and self-built menus in the WordPress admin panel, and display it on the front-end of your website.
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T&P Navigation Menu
Requires: 3.0.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.6.1
Last Updated: 2013-8-23
Downloads: 1,155
T&P Navigation Menu is a powerful WordPress plugin that is used to stick your default WordPress navigation menu at the top of the webpage whenever you scroll down the screen. Therefore, your readers can get to wherever they want within your site at any time and with ease. Note that this plugin works only with WordPress Twenty Thirteen theme by default. If you want to use it in some other themes, you need to add the code showed in the following.
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Search Box on Navigation Menu
Requires: 3.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.5.2
Last Updated: 2013-2-5
Downloads: 5,221
This WordPress plugin is used to add the default search box on your main navigation menu. Note that the box will be placed at the most obvious place, and can fit with the menu flexibly and automatically. Therefore, you can help your readers search for anything they want easily, without the need to sacrifice the overall layout of your webpages.
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Iconic Navigation
Requires: 3.5 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.8.1
Last Updated: 2013-12-13
Downloads: 1,256
To make your menu item unique and eye-catching, you can add some images or responsive icons with a desired size and format. Iconic Navigation is used to achieve this goal. You can upload the ones you like, or choose from over 1,400 font icons that are already available. All you need to do are choosing and clicking. In addition, this plugin uses the native WordPress uploader, so you can also choose from your image galleries or the featured images within the website.
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CCS-Navigation
Requires: 3.2.0 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.4.2
Last Updated: 2012-9-5
Downloads: 1,075
CCS-Navigation is a WordPress navigation widget that is located at the sidebar of your theme. It is used to create the navigation structure for your current page and each of the original pages, so you can build a clear indicator to your readers at all times.
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Custom Post Type
Requires: 3.3 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.4.2
Last Updated: 2012-9-10
Downloads: 5,179
This plugin offers a new meta box in the Navigation Menus option page of your WordPress site. With it, you can choose a custom post type as you wish to add the archive to your navigation bar. For instance, if you have published a specific post type of images to showcase all the photographs on your website, then you can use this plugin to set a fully functional navigation point in your WordPress navigation menu for this post type.
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WP Menu Cart
Requires: 3.4 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.6.1
Last Updated: 2013-11-17
Downloads: 7,331
WP Menu Cart is mainly suitable for online stores or e-commerce websites. Working with WooCommerce, WP-Ecommerce, EDD, Eshop, and Jigoshop, it automatically displays a shopping cart button in the navigation bar with cart icon, items, or prices. Some attractive features include the choice of over 10 cart icons, an automatic flyout, the ability to add a custom CSS class, and prompt updates on any new features.
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