Plugin info

Total downloads: 128,089
Active installs: 2,000
Total reviews: 11
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 6 language(s)
Contributors: 9
Last updated: 12/4/2025 (27 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/3/2010 (15 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.4.2
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 8.1

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 27 days ago • 11 reviews

72/100

Is Genesis Simple Menus abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 27 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.4.2
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 8.1

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Description

This plugin allows you to assign WordPress navigation menus to the secondary navigation menu within the Genesis Theme Framework on a per post, per page, or per tag/category archive basis. The per post, page, category or tag setting overrides whatever menu setting you have in your Genesis Theme setting. It does require that you have your Secondary Navigation enabled in your Genesis Theme Settings.

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Installation

  1. Upload the entire genesis-simple-menus folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Create any new menus you need with the WordPress menus feature
  4. Choose the menu you want to display by choosing it from the drop-down menu in the post/page or category/tag edit screen.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Changelog

1.1.4

  • Support Genesis 3.6 and higher.
  • Fix term Navigation drop-downs to display selected menus.

1.1.3

  • Genesis Simple Menus now uses its own update mechanism from WP Engine servers (except for the version deployed to WP.org).

1.1.2

  • Bump the minimum required PHP version to 8.1.

1.1.1

  • Fix issue where menus were not displaying when set to the default option.

1.1.0

  • Add option for primary navigation.
  • Test with WordPress 5.2.2.

1.0.1

  • Fix Coding Standards issues.
  • Restructuration of files.

1.0.0

  • Rewrite based on plugin boilerplate.
  • Better labeling for forms.
  • Full support for latest WordPress and Genesis.

0.4.0

  • WordPress 4.4.2 & Genesis 2.2.7 compatibility.

0.3

  • Add check for secondary menu in use by theme.
  • Disable save on bulk edit.

0.1.5

  • Permission check fix.

0.1.4

  • Add automatic support for custom taxonomies.

0.1.3.1

  • Update for Genesis 1.6.

0.1.3

  • Add custom taxonomy support.

0.1.2

  • Fix verify nonce logic.

0.1.1

  • Add .pot file & register text domain.
  • Add a handle to the simple menu object.

0.1

  • Original version.