Exclude Pages for WordPress Plugin Directory
Exclude Pages is the #15 ranked menu app on WordPress, with a 4.9 average rating from 47 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Exclude Pages is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Simon Wheatley. With a rating of 4.9★ from 47 reviews, it currently ranks #15 in the Menu category.
AppRanks data: Exclude Pages ranks #15 in Menu on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 3% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Exclude Pages is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Menu category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 47 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.9★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Simon Wheatley — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (47) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Exclude Pages works
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This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, uncheck this to exclude pages from the page navigation that users see on your site.
Any issues: contact me.This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, which is checked by default. If you uncheck
it, the page will not appear in any listings of pages (which includes, and is usually limited to, your
page navigation menus).
Pages which are children of excluded pages also do not show up in menu listings. (An alert in the editing screen,
underneath the “include” checkbox allows you to track down which ancestor page is affecting child pages
in this way.)
Advanced Usage It is possible to temporarily pause and resume the effect of Exclude Pages by using the new <?php pause_exclude_pages(); ?> and <?php resume_exclude_pages(); ?> templates tags. The following code will show a list of all pages in your site, even those normally hidden:
<?php pause_exclude_pages(); ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>Pages</h2>' ); ?> <?php resume_exclude_pages(); ?>
You can also get an array the IDs of the pages which are excluded by calling the function ep_get_excluded_ids();, you can then use these IDs as you wish (e.g. feed them into raw MySQL queries).
Note to other plugin authors:
The plugin does not operate on wp_list_pages while the user is on an admin page, if this is an issue you can take advantage of the ep_admin_bail_out filter and create a filter function which returns false to allow Exclude Pages to operate in the admin area.
Another note:
If your plugins or themes don’t use the standard WordPress functions to create their menus then they won’t work. To get them to work you will need to track down the bit of code in the theme/plugin which gets the pages and change it to apply the filter “get_pages” (I cannot be responsible for any unforseen effects of the changes you make, so please test thoroughly). The change to getting pages will probably look something like this:
$pages = apply_filters( 'get_pages', $pages );
Please contact me if you’re completely stuck and we can discuss possible solutions.
Exclude pages is incompatible with:
WP CSS Dropdown Menus
Phantom theme – This theme
Requests & Bug Reports I’m simply noting requests & bug reports here, I’ve not necessarily looked into any of these.
None!
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Menu#15of 505Top 3%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Exclude Pages stands in the Menu category
Exclude Pages ranks #15 of 505 apps in the Menu category, placing it in the top 3% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Exclude Pages?
Exclude Pages is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 47 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Menu category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Simon Wheatley.
Who uses Exclude Pages?
Currently around 20,000 active stores have installed Exclude Pages. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Menu category on WordPress.
Where does Exclude Pages rank on WordPress?
Exclude Pages currently sits at position #15 in the Menu category on WordPress. That places it in the top 3% of 505 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.