Who should use Sidebar Menu Items?

Sidebar Menu Items is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and developers.

Does Sidebar Menu Items have a free plan?

Yes — Sidebar Menu Items is free to use.

What platforms does Sidebar Menu Items run on?

Sidebar Menu Items runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Is Sidebar Menu Items still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Sidebar Menu Items?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Sidebar Menu, Widget Menuizer, and Menu Based Sidebar.

Who develops Sidebar Menu Items?

Sidebar Menu Items is developed by mottodesignstudio.

When did Sidebar Menu Items launch?

Sidebar Menu Items first shipped in 2020.

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Sidebar Menu Items

Name: Sidebar Menu Items
Author: mottodesignstudio

wordpress.orgWebsite builders

Sidebar Menu Items is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets site owners add defined sidebar widget areas as standard menu items. It supports widget content such as images, columns, shortcodes, and nested submenus for building customized mega-menu dropdowns.

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Overview

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Sidebar Menu Items is a Website builders project. It focuses on adding widget content, columns, images, and shortcodes to WordPress navigation menus without a heavyweight mega-menu system. It is built as a B2B product for wordPress site owners and developers. Sidebar Menu Items costs nothing to use. Sidebar Menu Items is available on the web and embeddable surfaces.

mottodesignstudio builds and maintains Sidebar Menu Items, and it first shipped in 2020. Among its 7 catalogued features are widget menu items, mega menus, and image widgets. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Widget menu items
Mega menus
Image widgets
Column layouts
Shortcode support
Nested submenus
Custom styling

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed7 Sept · 00:14 UTC
Sidebar Menu Items verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Sidebar Menu Items

What is Sidebar Menu Items?: Sidebar Menu Items focuses on adding widget content, columns, images, and shortcodes to WordPress navigation menus without a heavyweight mega-menu system. It is catalogued under Website builders on PulseGate.
Who should use Sidebar Menu Items?: Sidebar Menu Items is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and developers.
Does Sidebar Menu Items have a free plan?: Yes — Sidebar Menu Items is free to use.
What platforms does Sidebar Menu Items run on?: Sidebar Menu Items runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Is Sidebar Menu Items still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Sidebar Menu Items?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Sidebar Menu, Widget Menuizer, and Menu Based Sidebar.Sidebar Menu Widget Menuizer Menu Based Sidebar
Who develops Sidebar Menu Items?: Sidebar Menu Items is developed by mottodesignstudio.
When did Sidebar Menu Items launch?: Sidebar Menu Items first shipped in 2020.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
First seen: 7 Sept 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site owners and developers
Model: B2B
Solves: Adding widget content, columns, images, and shortcodes to WordPress navigation menus without a heavyweight mega-menu system.

Registered as

WordPress.org: sidebar-menu-items

Developer

mottodesignstudio

Index record

Indexed: 7 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 7 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: sidebar-menu-items-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 7 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 7 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/sidebar-menu-items

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