Arunas Liuiza

<p>A tiny and simple to help with navigation in long texts by forming an automatic Wikipedia-like table of contents.</p>
<p>It works by scanning the text for headings (<code><h1>-<h6></code> HTML tags). If more than a certain amount of headings (3 by default) are found – a table of contents with bookmarks is formed and inserted to the post content. Location (above or below) the text can be chosen in settings page.</p>
<p>TOC is formed as HTML5 <code><nav></code> element with nested ordered list inside. No specific styling is provided, so that it fits organicaly into the text. If you need specific styling, include it to your theme’s CSS.</p>
<p>You can also use a shortcode – <code>[toc]</code>, template tags – <code>get_toc()</code>/<code>the_toc()</code> and a widget – <code>tinyTOC Widget</code>.</p>
<p>The plugin is translation ready and has Lithuanian translation.</p>
<p>Also try out my other plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://arunas.co/cc" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Cards</a> – a plugin that makes ordinary web links great by making it possible to embed a beautiful Content Card to link to any web site.</li>
<li><a href="http://arunas.co/gust" rel="nofollow ugc">Gust</a> – a Ghost-like admin panel for WordPress, featuring Markdown based split-view editor.</li>
<li><a href="http://arunas.co/tinycoffee" rel="nofollow ugc">tinyCoffee</a> – a PayPal donations button with a twist. Ask people to treat you to a coffee/beer/etc. </li>
<li><a href="http://arunas.co/tinysocial" rel="nofollow ugc">tinySocial</a> – a plugin to display social sharing links to Facebook/Twitter/etc. via shortcodes</li>
<li><a href="http://arunas.co/tinyrelated" rel="nofollow ugc">tinyRelated</a> – a plugin to manually assign and display related posts.</li>
<li><a href="http://arunas.co/tinyip" rel="nofollow ugc">tinyIP</a> – <em>Premium</em> – stop WordPress users from sharing login information, force users to be logged in only from one device at a time.</li>
</ul>
<p>An enormous amount of coffee was consumed while developing these plugins, so if you like what you get, please consider treating me to a <a href="http://arunas.co#coffee" rel="nofollow ugc">cup</a>. Or two. Or ten.</p>
<p>Cover image credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/1523797880/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeremy Keith</a></p>


tinyTOC

Automaticly builds a Table of Contents using headings (h1-h6) in post/page/CPT content.

Chance Lin

<p>cclin Smart Table of Contents is a lightweight and flexible TOC plugin built specifically for <strong>long-form content, tutorials, and documentation-style websites</strong>.</p>
<p>This plugin focuses on reading experience, content structure, and navigation clarity, making it ideal for blogs, technical articles, and knowledge bases.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Automatically extract headings from H2 to H6 (configurable)</li>
<li>Clean and structured hierarchical TOC output</li>
<li>Automatic heading numbering (1, 1.1, 1.1.1)</li>
<li>Smooth scroll navigation</li>
<li>Scrollspy support (active heading highlight while scrolling)</li>
<li>Multiple display positions:
<ul>
<li>Inline TOC at the top of content</li>
<li>Fixed sidebar TOC</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Independent expand/collapse behavior for different TOC modes</li>
<li>Auto insert TOC into content</li>
<li>Support for custom post types</li>
<li>Gutenberg-compatible (works seamlessly with block editor content)</li>
<li>Fully internationalized (i18n ready)</li>
<li>Lightweight, clean OOP architecture</li>
</ul>
<h3>Designed for</h3>
<p>cclin Smart Table of Contents is especially suitable for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Long-form blog posts</li>
<li>Technical tutorials</li>
<li>Documentation websites</li>
<li>Knowledge bases</li>
<li>Structured academic or research content</li>
</ul>
<h3>Customization</h3>
<p>Instead of requiring users to write custom CSS, the plugin provides structured options such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Heading levels selection</li>
<li>Numbering toggle</li>
<li>Display position control</li>
<li>Sticky offset settings</li>
<li>Expand / collapse behavior</li>
</ul>
<p>This ensures both flexibility and safety while maintaining performance and compatibility.</p>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles the following third-party library:</p>
<ul>
<li>Select2 (https://github.com/select2/select2)<br />
License: MIT<br />
License file included in: /assets/vendor/select2/LICENSE</li>
</ul>


cclin Smart Table of Contents

A lightweight, reading-focused Table of Contents (TOC) plugin optimized for long-form articles, documentation, and structured content.

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