Ollie Menu Designer for WordPress Plugin Directory
Ollie Menu Designer is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 8 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
Ollie Menu Designer is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Mike McAlister. With a rating of 5.0★ from 8 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Ollie Menu Designer is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Navigation category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 8 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 (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Mike McAlister — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (8) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Ollie Menu Designer works
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Create stunning, content-rich dropdown, mobile, and mega menus using the WordPress block editor and full site editing. Ollie Menu Designer lets you build beautiful dropdown menus and mobile navigation with images, buttons, call-to-actions, and any other blocks – giving you the same creative freedom you have when designing your pages.
Menu Designer puts you in complete control of how your menus look and function. Best of all, if you’re using the free Ollie theme, you’ll get access to a collection of beautifully pre-designed menu templates to help you get started quickly.
Design Freedom Create dropdown menus and mobile menus that match your vision using any WordPress block you can imagine. Whether you need multi-column layouts, featured images and galleries, rich text with custom typography, or buttons and call-to-action elements, Menu Designer gives you complete creative control. You can even include recent posts, product grids, search bars, forms, custom HTML, and literally any other block to build exactly the navigation experience your site needs.
Multi-column layouts with images, text, and buttons
Rich content like galleries, forms, and product grids
Complete creative control with any WordPress block
Mobile-First Options Your menus look great on every device with Ollie Menu Designer’s mobile-optimized approach. Design custom mobile menu experiences that replace default navigation with beautiful, touch-friendly interfaces. You have complete control over responsive behavior, including the ability to disable dropdowns on mobile with fallback URLs, set custom breakpoints, and ensure optimized performance across all devices.
Fast, beautiful mobile menu designs with touch-friendly interactions
Choose from several pre-designed menu patterns
Optimized performance across all devices
Build faster with Ollie Get started instantly with the free Ollie block theme, which comes packed with beautiful pre-designed menu templates and patterns built specifically for Ollie Menu Designer. Instead of starting from scratch, you’ll have access to professionally-crafted mobile menus, dropdown designs, and mega menu layouts that seamlessly integrate with Ollie’s design system. Simply install the theme, browse the menu pattern library, and customize the designs to match your brand – no design experience required.
Pre-designed menu templates and patterns included
Seamless integration with Ollie’s design system
Professional designs ready to customize for your brand
Adding Mobile Menus with Ollie Menu Designer We’ve created a full video tutorial on creating mobile menus.
Navigate to Appearance → Editor → Patterns and edit your Header template part
Click the Navigation block
In the Navigation block Settings tab, find the Mobile Menu panel
Click “Create a new one” or select from existing mobile menu templates
Choose from pre-designed Ollie patterns or build custom with blocks
Save your menu and select it in the Mobile Menu panel
Customize background colors and menu icon in the mobile menu settings
Adding Dropdowns and Mega Menus with Ollie Menu Designer We’ve created a full video tutorial on creating drop down and mega menus.
Navigate to Appearance → Editor → Patterns and edit your Header template part
Click Add Block and search for “Dropdown Menu”
Name your dropdown and position it in your navigation
In the Dropdown Menu block Settings tab, find the dropdown menu panel
Click “Create a new one” or select from existing dropdown menu templates
Choose from pre-designed Ollie patterns or build custom with blocks
Save your menu and select it in the dropdown menu panel
Configure additional customization settings
Adding Starter Patterns You can create custom starter patterns for menu templates to give users quick starting points for their menus. This is especially useful for theme developers who want to provide pre-designed menu layouts.
How to Add Starter Patterns
Create a /patterns folder in your theme or plugin directory
Add your pattern files (PHP format) to this folder
In each pattern file, ensure you include the following in your pattern header:
Block Types: core/template-part/menu
This ensures your pattern appears as an option when creating new menu template parts.
Requirements
WordPress 6.5 or higher
A WordPress block theme like Ollie that supports the WordPress navigation block
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- Dropdown menu#0of 4Top 1%
- Mega menu#0of 20Top 1%
- Mobile menu#0of 16Top 1%
- Navigation#0of 118Top 1%
- Block#66of 569Top 12%
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Keyword rankings
Ollie Menu Designer ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #991
Competitors & alternatives
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Where Ollie Menu Designer stands in the Navigation category
Ollie Menu Designer ranks #0 of 118 apps in the Navigation category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Ollie Menu Designer?
Ollie Menu Designer is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 8 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Navigation 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 Mike McAlister.
Who uses Ollie Menu Designer?
Currently around 3,000 active stores have installed Ollie Menu Designer. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Navigation category on WordPress.