Category-Based Site Navigation Menu for WordPress
A simple, elegant plugin that creates an interactive tree menu based on your site’s categories. Perfect for organizing pages and posts in a clean, collapsible folder structure.
What It Does
Vertical Site Tree displays your content as an organized menu where:- Categories appear as expandable folders
- Pages and posts are automatically listed under their categories
- Everything starts collapsed for a clean, compact view
- Users click to expand and explore your content
Key Features
- Category-Based Organization – Only selected categories appear in the menu
- Auto-Population – Pages and posts with assigned categories automatically appear
- Clean Interface – Yellow folder icons, white document icons, minimal design
- Flexible Exclusions – Hide specific pages/posts using shortcode parameters
- Enable Categories for Pages – Optional feature to assign categories to pages (like posts)
- Simple Setup – Select categories, add shortcode, done
Perfect For
- Documentation sites
- Resource libraries
- Tool directories
- Content-heavy websites
- Any site needing organized navigation
How to Use
- Install and activate
- Go to Settings → Site Tree
- Select which categories to show
- Add |site_tree| shortcode to any page
- Done!
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