Gecka Submenu
Submenu autopopulates any nav menu page item with its children and allows to put menus, or portion of menus, anywhere in your site.
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Gecka Submenu shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 3K+ sites, is rated 4.1/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 36/100 on our health check.
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.4 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
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Rankings
Where Gecka Submenu stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| 3.0 | >100 |
| child | >100 |
| nav menu | >100 |
| Sub-menu | >100 |
| submenu | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 from 16 reviews
About Gecka Submenu
From the official readme · v0.7.3Description
PHP 5 required. Please be sure to check your PHP version before marking the plugin as broken.
Submenu enhances the WordPress 3.x navigation system. When you have a website based on WordPress with a lot of pages, but you need a custom menu, it can be tedious to have to add a menu entry for each page created. Submenu just does it automatically.
Submenu also allows you to put menus or portion of menus anywhere in your site: sidebar, templates or page contents.
Languages available: english, french
Contribute: This plugin is on GitHub !
Discover the pro version by checking out the Gecka Submenu Pro video:
Installation
PHP 5 required. Please be sure to check your PHP version before marking the plugin as broken.
- Upload `gecka-submenu` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Read the documentation
Contribute: This plugin is on GitHub !
Changelog
0.7.3
- Support WP 4.3
- Fixes
0.7.2
- Only show option to auto populate for nav menu item of type page
0.7.1
- German
- Fixes
0.7
- performances enhancements
- better widget with specific class support
- added a gk_submenu_widget_fallback action to use to display custom content
when the widget has no menu entries to display - WordPress 3.5 compatibility
- fix Call-time pass-by-reference errors
- other fixes
0.6
- shortcodes caching
- performances improvement
- fix: show categories submenus when viewing posts or archives
- WPML support
- more fixes
0.5.3
- add menu item description positioning
- fix template action
- fix start_from parameter that wasn’t used
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FAQ
Gecka Submenu: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Gecka Submenu free?
Yes. Gecka Submenu is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Gecka Submenu safe to use in 2026?
Gecka Submenu shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 3K+ sites, is rated 4.1/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 36/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Gecka Submenu?
Gecka Submenu is active on 3K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 59,783 times since it launched in June 2010. It was downloaded 184 times in the last 30 days.
Does Gecka Submenu work with WordPress 7.1?
Gecka Submenu is officially tested up to WordPress 4.4.34, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Gecka Submenu last updated?
The latest version, 0.7.3, was released on November 28, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes Gecka Submenu?
Gecka Submenu is developed and maintained by Gecka.
What are the best alternatives to Gecka Submenu?
The most popular alternatives to Gecka Submenu are Enhanced Custom Menu (70+ installs).
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