Title: 53mp – Add Menu Items Easier
Author: a 53 minute production
Published: <strong>September 22, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 22, 2026

---

Search plugins

![](https://ps.w.org/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3707797)

![](https://ps.w.org/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3707797)

# 53mp – Add Menu Items Easier

 By [a 53 minute production](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abda53/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/53mp-add-menu-items-easier.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/)

## Description

On **Appearance  Menus**, WordPress adds every checked page or category as a top-
level menu item. This plugin keeps the original hierarchy.

Example: if you select **About**, **Our Team**, **Leadership**, and **History** 
and click **Add to Menu**, the menu receives the same tree:

 * About
    - Our Team
       * Leadership
    - History

Works with:

 * Pages
 * Hierarchical custom post types
 * Categories
 * Hierarchical custom taxonomies

If you skip an intermediate parent (for example you select About and Leadership 
but not Our Team), the item is nested under the nearest selected ancestor.

## Screenshots

[[

[[

[[

## Installation

 1. Upload the `53mp-add-menu-items-easier` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate **53mp – Add Menu Items Easier** through the Plugins screen.
 3. Optional: open **53 Minute Tools  Add Menu Items Easier** in the admin for a quick
    link to Menus.
 4. On **Appearance  Menus**, select a tree of pages or categories and click **Add 
    to Menu**.

## FAQ

### Does this change menus I already saved?

No. It only runs when you click **Add to Menu**. Existing items and drag-and-drop
edits are unchanged.

### What if I only select child pages?

Those items are added as top-level entries, the same as WordPress core. Hierarchy
is preserved only among the items in that one add action.

### Does this affect the Site Editor / Navigation block?

No. It only hooks the classic **Appearance  Menus** “Add to Menu” AJAX request.

### Does this plugin collect any data?

No. It does not send data to remote servers, store settings, or track usage.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“53mp – Add Menu Items Easier” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ a 53 minute production ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abda53/)

[Translate “53mp – Add Menu Items Easier” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/53mp-add-menu-items-easier)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Added contributor.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release. Preserve hierarchy for pages, hierarchical CPTs, categories,
   and hierarchical taxonomies.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **18 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[hierarchy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hierarchy/)
   [menu](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/)[navigation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/navigation/)
   [pages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pages/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/advanced/)

## Ratings

No reviews have been submitted yet.

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ a 53 minute production ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abda53/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/53mp-add-menu-items-easier/)