Topher

<p>This plugin provides a metabox on posts and pages listing existing WordPress Menus.  The end user is allowed to choose one and make it associated with the post or page via meta data.</p>
<p>Practically speaking, Featured Menus work exactly like Featured Images.  The Post or Page and Featured Menu are merely attached, and you must use a template tag or WordPress functions to render the Menu.</p>
<p>Please see <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-menus/other_notes/" rel="ugc">Other Notes</a> for examples.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Page or Post meta has a key called <code>_wp_featured_menu</code>.  A very simple way to render the menu is like this:</p>
<pre><code><?php
    $meta = get_post_custom();
    wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => $meta['_wp_featured_menu'][0] ) );
?>
</code></pre>
<p>A better way might be to test for the value first:</p>
<pre><code><?php
    $meta = get_post_custom();
    if ( is_numeric( $meta['_wp_featured_menu'][0] ) ) {
        wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => $meta['_wp_featured_menu'][0] ) );
    }
?>
</code></pre>


WP Featured Menus

Provides a metabox on posts and pages listing existing WordPress Menus.

OnPoint Plugins

Mat Lipe

<h3>Fully automatic sidebar menus.</h3>
<p>Uses the parent/child relationship of your pages or categories to generate menus based on the current section of your site. Assign a page or category to a parent and Advanced Sidebar Menu will do the rest for you.</p>
<p>Keeps the menu clean and usable. Only related items display, so you don’t have to worry about keeping a custom menu up to date or displaying links to items that don’t belong.</p>
<p>Blocks are available to display menus where you need them. Look for the “Advanced Sidebar – Pages” block, or the “Advanced Sidebar – Categories” block. Widgets are also available for page builders or sites using classic widgets.</p>
<p><strong>Developed and Supported by <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">OnPoint Plugins</a>.</strong></p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<p>The official documentation for the plugin <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p>An interactive demonstration of the generated menu structure <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/#interactive-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<p>You may also use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-menu/?preview=1" rel="ugc">Live Preview</a> to use a playground site to test the plugin.</p>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<p>When your users view a page or category, the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin will calculate the related content based on what you have selected using the standard WordPress parent selectors.</p>
<p>The menu will be different for every page that displays the Advanced Sidebar Blocks because the menu is generated specifically to the current page.</p>
<p>Depending on “Pages” block options, the menu will display:</p>
<ul>
<li>The current page.</li>
<li>Parent page.</li>
<li>Child pages.</li>
<li>Grandparent pages.</li>
<li>Grandchild pages.</li>
<li>First level child pages related to the current item.</li>
</ul>
<p>Depending on “Categories” block options, the menu will display:</p>
<ul>
<li>The current category.</li>
<li>Parent category.</li>
<li>Child categories.</li>
<li>Grandparent categories.</li>
<li>Grandchild categories.</li>
<li>First level child categories related to the current item.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Menu Locations</h3>
<p>Blocks may be added to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Page/post content.</li>
<li>Widget areas.</li>
<li>Theme customizer.</li>
<li>Site Editor.</li>
<li>Really anywhere blocks are supported.</li>
</ul>
<p>Classic widgets are also available for areas like:</p>
<ul>
<li>Elementor.</li>
<li>Beaver Builder.</li>
<li>Sites that have classic widgets enabled.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Page and Category menu Gutenberg blocks.</li>
<li>Page and Category menu widgets.</li>
<li>Option to display or not display the highest level parent page or category.</li>
<li>Option to display the menu when there is only the highest level parent.</li>
<li>Ability to order pages by (date, title, page order).</li>
<li>Exclude pages or categories by entering a comma separated list of ids.</li>
<li>Option to always display child pages or categories.</li>
<li>Option to select the levels of pages or categories to display when always display child is used.</li>
<li>Option to display or not display categories on single posts.</li>
<li>Ability to display each single post’s category in a new widget/block or in same list.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Page Menu Options</h3>
<ul>
<li>Display the highest level parent page.</li>
<li>Display menu when there is only the parent page.</li>
<li>Order pages by (date, title, page order).</li>
<li>Exclude pages.</li>
<li>Always display child Pages.</li>
<li>Levels of child pages to display when always display child pages is checked.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Category Menu Options</h3>
<ul>
<li>Display the highest level parent category.</li>
<li>Display menu when there is only the parent category.</li>
<li>Display categories on single posts.</li>
<li>Display each single post’s category in a new widget/block or in same list.</li>
<li>Exclude categories.</li>
<li>Always display child categories.</li>
<li>Levels of Categories to display when always display child categories is checked.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Included Language Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English (en_US).</li>
<li>French (fr_FR).</li>
<li>German (de_DE).</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>Developer docs <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/developer-docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>Send pull requests via <a href="https://github.com/lipemat/advanced-sidebar-menu" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repo</a></p>
<h3>Go PRO</h3>
<p>Our <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/product/advanced-sidebar-menu-pro/?utm_source=readme&utm_campaign=gopro&utm_medium=dot-org" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO version</a> brings additional functionality to this plugin. Check out <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/advanced-sidebar-pro-demo/?utm_source=readme&utm_campaign=demo&utm_medium=dot-org" rel="nofollow ugc">the demo</a> to see if the PRO version is useful for you.</p>
<ul>
<li>Navigation menu widget.</li>
<li>Navigation menu Gutenberg block.</li>
<li>Ability to customize each page or navigation menu item link’s text.</li>
<li>Click-and-drag styling for page, category, and navigation menus.</li>
<li>Styling options for links including color, background color, size, hover, and font weight.</li>
<li>Styling options for different levels of links.</li>
<li>Styling options for the current page or category.</li>
<li>Styling options for the parent of the current page or category.</li>
<li>Blocked styling options including borders, border width, and border colors.</li>
<li>Option to choose from 7 bullet styles or no bullets.</li>
<li>Accordion menu support for pages, categories, and navigation menus.</li>
<li>Accordion icon style and color selection.</li>
<li>Accordion option to keep all sections closed until clicked.</li>
<li>Accordion option to include highest level parent in accordion.</li>
<li>Accordion option to use links for open/close.</li>
<li>Ability to exclude a page from all menus using a simple checkbox.</li>
<li>Link ordering for the category menus.</li>
<li>Number of levels of pages to show when “always display child pages” is not checked.</li>
<li>Ability to select and display custom post types.</li>
<li>Ability to select and display custom taxonomies.</li>
<li>Ability to display category post counts.</li>
<li>Exclude pages or categories using intuitive search and select. <strong>NEW</strong></li>
<li>Option to display only the current page’s parents, grandparents, and children.</li>
<li>Option to display child page siblings when on a child page (with or without grandchildren available).</li>
<li>Ability to display the menu everywhere the widget area is used (including homepage if applicable).</li>
<li>Ability to select the highest level parent page/category.</li>
<li>Ability to select which levels of categories assigned posts will display under.</li>
<li>Ability to display assigned posts or custom post types under categories or taxonomies.</li>
<li>Ability to limit the number of posts or custom post types to display under categories.</li>
<li>Support for custom navigation menus from Appearance -> Menus.</li>
<li>Ability to display the current navigation menu item’s parents and children only.</li>
<li>Option to display the top-level navigation menu items when there are no child items or not viewing a menu item.</li>
<li>Priority support with access to members only support area.</li>
</ul>


WP Featured Menus vs Advanced Sidebar Menu