Max Chirkov

<p>This plugin adds a widget into the Widgets dashboard that allows in a simple way, without writing any PHP code on your part, to create custom navigation in any sidebar pre-defined by your WP theme.</p>
<p><strong>Features Include:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Flat and multi-level navigation hierarchy for existing pages and custom links.</li>
<li>Very flexible conditional appearance options (greatly expanded from before 2.0 version).</li>
<li>Out-of-the-box Suckerfish support.</li>
<li>Option to add navigation links with custom title, url and target attribute.</li>
<li>Unlimited number of navigation widgets.</li>
<li>Optional setting includes blog posts into the navigation selection list (only pages are available by default).</li>
<li>Support for custom drop-down menus CSS.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Recent Updates Log:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2.3.0 – Fixes deprecated class constructor.</li>
<li>2.2.0 – WP 3.8 Compatibility Update.</li>
<li>2.1.5 – Added compatibility with Advanced Text Widget PRO.</li>
<li>2.1.4 – Minor update with IE6 JS fix.</li>
<li>2.1.0 – WordPress 2.8 Compatible and newer versions ONLY.</li>
<li>2.0.10 – Fixed active links bug.</li>
<li>2.0.9 – Fixed array unserialization, which was being broken by non-US characters (i.e. German umlauts).</li>
<li>2.0.8 – There is a floating bug between serializing from JS into PHP and back – hopefully it’s fixed now.</li>
<li>2.0.7 – Fixed get_posts() 5 post limit; Added ON/OFF target attribute option to the Settings so it can be compliant with XHTML 1.0 Strict;</li>
<li>2.0.6 – Fixed an error when parsing serialized array: <code>Warning: array_key_exists(): on line 149</code>.</li>
<li>2.0.5 – Custom links with hyphens bug fixed.</li>
<li>2.0.4 – Removed unconditional suckerfish_e.js declaration.</li>
<li>2.0.3 – Changed navigation links to permalinks.</li>
<li>2.0.2 – Fixed links with apostrophes bug. (Link titles that had apostrophe in them weren’t saving.)</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Conditional widget appearance is based on Daikos’ Text Widget by Rune Fjellheim.</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Author: Max Chirkov</li>
<li>Author URI: <a href="http://SimpleRealtyTheme.com" title="Real Estate Themes & Plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">http://SimpleRealtyTheme.com</a></li>
<li>Copyright: Released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</li>
</ul>
<h3>Video Demo</h3>
<p>Check out this quick <a href="http://screencast.com/t/ztSVIGmARoY" title="Demo Video for Simple Sidebar Navigation" rel="nofollow ugc">video demonstration</a>.</p>


Simple Sidebar Navigation

Easy way to create custom navigation in sidebars or other pre-defined areas. Conditional tags are included to specify pages where widgets appear.

LuckyWP

<p>Creates SEO-friendly table of contents for your posts, pages or custom post types. Great customizable appearance.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatical insertion a table of contents (configure post types and position).</li>
<li>SEO-friendly: table of contents code is ready to use by Google for snippets on result page.</li>
<li>Insert by shortcode, Gutenberg block or widget.</li>
<li>Button on toolbar of the classic editor.</li>
<li>Gutenberg block into “Common Blocks”.</li>
<li>Setting the minimum number of headings to display table of contents.</li>
<li>Setting the depth of headings for table of contents.</li>
<li>Skip headings by level or text.</li>
<li>Hierarchical or linear view.</li>
<li>Numeration items: decimal or roman numbers in order or nested.</li>
<li>Customizable appearance: width, float, title font size and weight, items font size, colors.</li>
<li>Color schemes (dark, light, white, transparent, inherit from theme) and the ability to override colors.</li>
<li>Toggle Show/Hide (optionally)</li>
<li>Customizable labels.</li>
<li>Smooth scroll (optionally).</li>
<li>Setting offset top for smooth scroll.</li>
<li>Wrap table of contents with <!–noindex–> tag (optionally).</li>
<li>Pretty hash in URL (like <code>example.com/faq/#how_do_this</code>).</li>
<li>RTL support.</li>
<li>Available override global settings for a particular post.</li>
<li>Highly compatible with WordPress themes and plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Auto Insert</h4>
<p>For automatical insertion a table of contents in a posts, select option “Auto Insert Table of Contents” in the plugin settings (tab “Auto Insert”).</p>
<p>Supported positions:</p>
<ul>
<li>before first heading;</li>
<li>after first heading;</li>
<li>after first block (paragraph or heading);</li>
<li>top of post content;</li>
<li>bottom of post content.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also select post types to which the table of contents will be automatically added.</p>
<h4>Manual Insert</h4>
<p>For manual insertion a table of content in a posts, use one of the ways:</p>
<ul>
<li>button “Table of Contents” on toolbar in classic editor;</li>
<li>gutenberg block “Table of Contents”;</li>
<li>shortcode <code>[lwptoc]</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pretty hash in URL</h4>
<p>By default, hash generated as heading text (for example, <code>#How_Do_This</code>). You can change hash format in global settings, tab “Misc.”.</p>
<p>For non-English websites it is recommended to enable the <code>Intl</code> PHP extension.</p>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<p>LuckyWP Table of Contents was successfully tested with the following plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li>Elementor Page Builder</li>
<li>Beaver Builder and Beaver Builder Themer Add-On</li>
<li>WPBakery Page Builder</li>
<li>Oxygen</li>
<li>WordPress Multilingual Plugin (WPML), <a href="https://wpml.org/plugin/luckywp-table-of-contents/" rel="nofollow ugc">officially confirmed</a></li>
<li>Rank Math, <a href="https://rankmath.com/compatibility/luckywp-table-of-contents/" rel="nofollow ugc">officially confirmed</a></li>
<li>WP Rocket</li>
<li>Toolset Views and Toolset Access</li>
</ul>
<h3>Hooks</h3>
<h4>Filters <code>lwptoc_before</code>, <code>lwptoc_after</code></h4>
<p>Use for add custom HTML before/after the table of contents.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('lwptoc_before', function ($before) {
    return '<p>Example text before TOC.</p>' . $before;
});
</code></pre>
<h4>Filter <code>lwptoc_shortcode_tag</code></h4>
<p>Use this filter for change shortcode tag name <code>[lwptoc]</code>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('lwptoc_shortcode_tag', function ($tag) {
    return 'toc';
});
</code></pre>
<h4>Filter <code>lwptoc_heading_id</code></h4>
<p>Use for modify heading ID.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('lwptoc_heading_id', function ($id, $label) {
    return $id;
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>


LuckyWP Table of Contents

It does what one expects it to do and offers tons of useful options if one wants to tweak something. Simply great!

Really nice


Tried many ToC plugins, this one is great because it looks clean, and correctly handles the default state whether it's opened or closed!


Great plugin!

This is a great plugin! Initially, I wasn't sure about installing a plugin that automatically installs table of contents on every posts, instead of selected the posts I want to show the TOC on. After using it, I came to the conclusion that:
1/ It's much better if you may uninstall the plugin, it won't require removing code from posts;
2/ The options ensure you will make TOC available on posts that realy need it. It's very well thought.

Creates SEO-friendly table of contents for your posts/pages. Works automatically or manually (via shortcode, Gutenberg block or widget).

Simple Sidebar Navigation vs LuckyWP Table of Contents