Title: Advanced Vertical Menu
Author: Nazmul Sabuz
Published: <strong>March 13, 2019</strong>
Last modified: October 5, 2025

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Advanced Vertical Menu

 By [Nazmul Sabuz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nazsabuz/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/advanced-sidebar-nav.2.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav/#installation)
 * [Development](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-sidebar-nav/)

## Description

Create beautiful vertical navigation menus anywhere on your site! Features both 
modern block editor support and legacy widget compatibility. Perfect for sidebars,
footers, or any content area.

**Key Features:**

 * **Block Editor Support** – Use the Advanced Navigation Menu block in any post,
   page, or template
 * **Legacy Widget Support** – Still works with the classic widget system
 * **Vertical Navigation** – Optimized for vertical menu layouts (horizontal support
   may be added in future versions)
 * **Unlimited Depth** – Handle navigation menus of any complexity
 * **Customizable Styling** – Multiple themes and accent color options
 * **Smooth Animations** – Elegant expand/collapse transitions
 * **Mobile Friendly** – Responsive design that works on all devices

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   advanced-sidebar-nav/advanced-sidebar-nav

## Installation

After downloading and extracting the latest version of the plugin:

 1. Install using the WordPress Plugin installer, or Extract the zip file and drop 
    the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

**Using the Block Editor (Recommended):**
 1. Edit any post, page, or template in
the block editor 2. Click the “+” button to add a new block 3. Search for “Advanced
Vertical Menu” and add the block 4. Select your menu and customize the appearance
5. Enjoy!

**Using the Classic Widget:**
 1. Go to Appearance > Widgets 2. Drag `Advanced Vertical
Menu` into the widget area 3. Select your menu and customize the appearance 4. Enjoy!

If you encounter any bugs, or have comments or suggestions, please submit a ticket
using support forum.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Advanced Vertical Menu” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Nazmul Sabuz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nazsabuz/)

[Translate “Advanced Vertical Menu” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-sidebar-nav/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-sidebar-nav/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/advanced-sidebar-nav/)
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## Changelog

#### 2.0.1

 * Updated block title to “Advanced Vertical Menu” for consistency
 * Improved widget descriptions for better clarity

#### 2.0

 * **MAJOR UPDATE** – Added full block editor support!
 * New “Advanced Navigation Menu” block for use anywhere on your site
 * Enhanced UI with modern React components
 * Improved styling with SCSS and CSS custom properties
 * Better accessibility and mobile responsiveness
 * Smooth animations and transitions
 * Multiple theme options with customizable accent colors
 * Backward compatible with existing widget installations
 * Updated plugin name to reflect expanded capabilities

#### 1.1

 * Fixes fallback color.
 * Fixes PHP notices in Gutenberg editor.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.1**
 *  Last updated **11 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.8**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6.20 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav/)
 * Tags
 * [block-editor](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/)[Navigation Menu](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/navigation-menu/)
   [sidebar nav](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar-nav/)[vertical menu](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vertical-menu/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mri.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-nav/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Nazmul Sabuz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nazsabuz/)

## Support

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