Nav Menu Collapse

Description

Adds functionality to collapse and expand nav menus within the WordPress admin. All parent nav menu items are collapsed by default, but you have the option to store the collapsed/expanded state for the menus on a user-by-user basis.

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Screenshots

  • Plugin settings
  • Collapsed and expanded nav menu items

Installation

From Your WordPress Dashboard

  1. Log into the WordPress admin
  2. Go to Plugins > Add New
  3. Search for Nav Menu Collapse
  4. Click Install Now for the “Nav Menu Collapse” plugin
  5. Click Activate

From WordPress.org

  1. Download the plugin
  2. Log into the WordPress admin
  3. Go to Plugins > Add New
  4. Click Upload Plugin
  5. Click Browse and select the downloaded ZIP file
  6. Click Install Now
  7. Click Activate Plugin

Via File Transfer

  1. Download the plugin
  2. Extract the ZIP file
  3. Upload the contents of the ZIP file to wp-content/plugins/
  4. Log into the WordPress admin
  5. Go to Plugins
  6. Click Activate under “Nav Menu Collapse”

What’s Next?

Once the plugin is active, simply visit Settings > Nav Menu Collapse and enable the settings appropriate for this site.

Reviews

September 20, 2023 1 reply
I don't know why this isn't part of Wordpress by default! Thanks for making the menu easier to manage and making it free!!

YES

March 1, 2021 1 reply
Simple, to the point, this should absolutely be in core.
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Contributors & Developers

“Nav Menu Collapse” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

2.1.3

  • Verified: Functionality for WordPress 6.2

2.1.2

  • Updated: Third-party scripts
  • Improved: Query arguments
  • Improved: jQuery selectors
  • Removed: PHP_INT_MAX fallback

2.1.1

  • Improved: Asset generation

2.1.0

  • Added: Form data validation

2.0.3

  • Added: Support back to WordPress 5.0.*
  • Improved: AJAX handling

2.0.2

  • Added: AJAX capability checks
  • Improved: Knowledge base
  • Improved: Option storage and retrieval
  • Removed: Deprecated jQuery functionality

2.0.1

  • Added: Help tabs and knowledge base
  • Improved: Admin URLs throughout

2.0.0

  • Improved: Complete plugin overhaul

Check changelog.txt for changes to earlier versions of the plugin.