Classic Menu in Navigation Block

72 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

At roughly 2,000 active installs, this is a niche utility plugin with a narrow but loyal user base, well below the install counts of the alternatives listed.

Update Freshness

20/25

Updated on December 13, 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, the maintenance signal is strong and recent, indicating an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 6 ratings reflects total user satisfaction, though the sample size is small enough that the score carries limited statistical weight.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads opened and zero resolved, there is no track record to evaluate; the developer appears reachable but untested under pressure.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full compatibility marks reflect clean testing against WordPress 6.9.4, a minimum requirement of only 6.2, and a PHP 7.0 floor that covers nearly every hosting environment still running.

Scores higher than 29% of indexed plugins

About

Extending WordPress Navigation block with functionality to display classic menus.

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-12-13 9:32am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.2+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

This plugin extends the core WordPress Navigation block so you can embed any classic menu (the legacy Appearance > Menus interface) directly inside the block editor. It bridges the gap for sites that still rely on classic menus built with widgets, custom links, or older theme locations, letting you drop them into block-based navigation areas without rebuilding them from scratch.

Who It's For

This is a good fit for site owners who built complex classic menus over the years, particularly multilingual sites, agencies managing legacy client installs, or anyone migrating from classic to block themes who is not ready to rebuild multi-tier menus from zero. If you have a classic menu structure that works and you just need it to render inside the new Navigation block, this saves significant time.

Who Should Skip It

If you are building a new site or have already converted your menus to the block editor format, this plugin adds no value. Developers and agencies who prefer full control over block markup should also skip it, since the plugin acts as a compatibility shim rather than a full migration tool.

The Bottom Line

Classic Menu in Navigation Block is a small, well-maintained compatibility shim with a perfect user rating and an overall quality score of 75.75 out of 100. It solves a very specific problem, embedding legacy classic menus inside the block editor Navigation block, and it does that job cleanly. If that problem is yours, it is worth installing; if not, the alternatives above offer broader functionality for multilingual, block-building, or translation use cases.

Pick Gtranslate instead if your primary concern is multilingual delivery, since it translates full pages automatically rather than swapping menus.

Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 95/100

Choose Spectra when you need a broader toolkit of block editor enhancements and want to rebuild your navigation natively instead of importing classic menus.

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 93/100

Go with TranslatePress if you want a complete translation workflow with visual editing rather than just menu-level multilingual switching.

Loco Translate 89/100

Loco Translate is the right pick if your real need is translating theme and plugin strings inside WordPress, not managing classic menus inside the Navigation block.

Breadcrumb NavXT 88/100

Breadcrumb NavXT is the better choice if you want breadcrumb trails for SEO and usability rather than a way to inject classic menus into block navigation.