Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO

Fully automatic sidebar menus.

9.9.1

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2025-07-15

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Everything you need, nothing you don’t.

Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO makes managing your menus fully automatic. With just enough options to get the job done, this WordPress plugin is extremely lightweight and easy to use.

Accordion Menus

Accordion menus take your menus to the next level by giving your users the ability to open and close sections of your menu. You can choose to keep all your menus closed until a user clicks an icon or just leave the top levels open. Choose the icon style and color that matches your site and you’re ready to go.

Style Options

Give your menus some style to dress them up to match your site. You can choose different styles for different levels on your menu. You can select a bullet style for your menu with seven styles to choose from, or select none to show no bullets. You can even style the current item or parent of the current item separately. Intuitive color pickers make choosing colors easy. Be sure to try out the “block styling” option.

Post Types and Taxonomies

Create menus from the post types and taxonomies your site supports. Works out of the box with any public, hierarchical post type or taxonomy your site supports. Use a simple dropdown to select your post type or taxonomy and the rest is automatic. This is commonly used for things like WooCommerce product categories.

Navigation Menus

Turn your WordPress custom menus into sidebar menus by using the Advanced Sidebar - Navigation widget or block. Any menu created within Appearance -> Menus may be used! Want to add some styles or maybe an accordion? No problem! These menus support all style and accordion options, as well as options to display the current items only.

Link Adjustments

Ever wanted to change the text displayed in the menu? Now you can! This plugin creates simple options available on every page which let you customize how it is handled. Changing the text is as easy as entering it into a field. Excluding a page from all menus is done with a single click checkbox.

Priority Support

Priority Support is having your own support team standing by to make sure you are successful. In-depth troubleshooting, guidance, styling assistance, extending, and filtering are just a few things included with Priority Support. You also get access to the members only support area.

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Feature
Basic
PRO
Page and Category menu Gutenberg blocks.
Page and Category menu widgets.
Option to display or not display the highest level parent page or category.
Option to display the menu when there is only the highest level parent.
Ability to order pages by date, title, or page order.
Exclude pages or categories by entering a comma-separated list of ids.
Option to always display child pages or categories.
Option to select the levels of pages or categories to display when "always display child" is used.
Option to display or not display categories on single posts.
Ability to display each single post's category in a new widget or in the same list.
Navigation menu widget.
Navigation menu Gutenberg block.
Ability to customize each category or page link title with a simple text field.
Click-and-drag styling for page, category, and navigation menus.
Styling options for links including color, background color, size, hover, and font weight.
Styling options for different levels of links.
Styling options for the current page or category.
Styling options for the parent of the current page or category.
Blocked styling options including borders, border width, and border colors.
Option to choose from 7 bullet styles or no bullets.
Accordion menu support for pages, categories, and navigation menus.
Accordion icon style and color selection.
Accordion option to keep all sections closed until clicked.
Accordion option to include highest level parent in accordion.
Accordion option to use links for open/close.
Ability to exclude a page from all menus using a simple checkbox.
Ability to exclude category from all menus using a simple checkbox.
Link ordering for category menus.
Number of levels of pages to show when "always display child pages" is not checked.
Ability to select and display custom post types.
Ability to select and display custom taxonomies.
Ability to display category post counts.
Exclude pages or categories using intuitive search and select.   New
Option to display only the current page's parents, grandparents, and children.
Option to display child page siblings when on a child page (with or without grandchildren available).
Ability to display the menu on every page (including homepage if applicable).
Ability to select the highest level parent page/category.
Ability to select which levels of categories assigned posts will display under.
Ability to display assigned posts or custom post types under categories or taxonomies.
Ability to limit the number of posts or custom post types to display under categories.
Support for custom navigation menus from Appearance -> Menus.
Ability to display the current navigation menu item's parents and children only.
Option to display the top-level navigation menu items when there are no child items or not viewing a menu item.
Priority support with access to members only support area.
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  1. The Oaks Center –

    Love this plugin.

    I ran into a couple issues with my accessibility scans. Plugin author made adjustments to menu links and offered a filter for the rest.

    Now set up, and it looks and works great.

    Thank you.

  2. Issac Mcbride –

    This plugin is an absolute lifesaver! I’ve struggled with manually creating and updating menus on my WordPress sites for years, and this plugin has completely streamlined the process. The automatic menu generation is incredibly accurate and intuitive, pulling in pages and categories exactly as needed. It’s saved me countless hours of tedious work, and the customization options are fantastic for fine-tuning the results. The plugin is lightweight, doesn’t slow down my site, and the support team is incredibly responsive. If you’re looking for a simple, effective way to manage your WordPress menus, look no further. This plugin is worth every penny!

  3. Sharon Wojcik –

    So happy with Advanced Sidebar Menu. Working great so far. Accurate menus on every page.

    Basically I just set it up and don’t need to touch it again as new pages show up and I have automatic plugin updates enabled.

  4. tomsugar1 –

    Really useful product

    I downloaded and installed it , and while there wasn’t an option of floating icons I wanted, it got the job done

  5. Yessica Mercedes –

    An absolute must have for any site with many pages. It was such a hassle to manage various navigation menus within the WP Site Editor, now I just add a few Advanced Sidebar blocks to my templates and Advanced Sidebar Menu does the rest for my team. Editors add new pages to the site and they automatically show up in the correct templates on the site. A huge timesaver.

  6. Debra Brewer –

    Excellent Plugin. Even better support. Always kept up to date with WordPress changes.

  7. Mari Gregory –

    Easy to use with no setup required.
    I bought the pro version for the accordions feature which works great after checking a single box. Support is also helpful and answered my questions before I upgraded.

  8. WillOfTheWeb –

    The pro version of this plugin is a disaster. As soon as you activate it, it renders your menu items invisible. Also to get the full benefit of it you have to install the Classic Sidebar plugin as the block version is terrible.

    • OnPoint Plugins –

      Thank you for your feedback!

      The PRO version is definitely not supposed to render menu items invisible. Our support team will be happy to assist in resolving.
      The blocks actually contain all the same functionality as the widgets, just with some improved UI controls. The documentation is super helpful for understanding the controls.

  9. Jay Marjin –

    Great features

    Great plugin i ever used

  10. Leopoldo Pinson –

    Well supported and kept up to date. Works with the new version of WordPress.

    Matched my theme styles without any customization. The accordions are a nice touch but I only use them on some sites.

    I’m using full site editing (FSE) with the Advanced Sidebar Menu blocks in my custom sidebar templates. Simple and functional.

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