Navception vs User Menus – Nav Menu — WordPress

Navception vs User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility

Name: Navception
Rating: 5 (9 reviews)

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Navception

5.0·9reviews·200+installs

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Description	3306 / 5000 chars66% used	1756 / 5000 chars35% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Faison	Daniel Iser
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Feature comparison between Navception and User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility
Metric	Navception	User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility
Rating	5.0 ★	5.0 ★
Total reviews	9	★ 1.3k
Active installs	200+	80,000+
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3. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Navception

About Navception Navception: The act of embedding a pre-constructed WordPress Menu inside another WordPress Menu. Navception adds a simple feature to WordPress Menus, but opens the door to powerful possibilities. New to your WordPress Nav Menu editor, is a box that lets you add menus into your menus! This allows you to create one menu to include as a submenu once in another menu, multiple times in another menu, or multiple times in multiple menus. What makes this so powerful is that if you decide that your submenu needs another link added to it, you only have to update it in one place! Navception, a simple concept with powerful results! Let’s look at a couple of scenarios: Without Navception If you have a submenu you need repeated across your site: First you have to add all the links everywhere you want the submenu, then to update the submenu you have to modify the links everywhere the submenu exists. If you have too many menu items in your menu: You have to pick and choose which menu items are removed to make room for new ones. With Navception If you have a submenu you need repeated across your site: First you create the submenu as a stand-alone WordPress menu and embed it where you need it once, then to update the submenu you only need to modify the links in the stand-alone menu. If you have too many menu items in your menu: You make some of the submenus separate WordPress menus and embed those new menus into the original menu to make room for more menu items. Navception’s Inception Navception became a thought when working on a client’s main menu. This menu was a typical 3 level menu, with two submenus that were repeated 4 times each. Those submenus were a hassle to add and a pain to maintain. When I realized that I wanted a plugin that allowed me to create a submenu once and include it as a menu item in a separate menu, I was surprised to find that no such plugin existed. Navception became a necessity when working on that same client’s main menu. This menu became so large that I received the following warning: “You are approaching the post variable limit imposed by your server configuration. Exceeding this limit may automatically delete menu items when you save.” It turns out that every Nav Menu Item in the WordPress Admin area has roughly 8 inputs associated with it. One of the aforementioned submenus contained 7 menu items, or 56 inputs. Using Navception, I created that submenu as a stand-alone WordPress menu, then included it as 1 menu item in the client’s main menu. This reduced the inputs generated by that submenu from 56 to 8. Since that submenu was included 4 times, I not only avoided the Post Variable Limit, but I also made the menu easier to manage. Dangers of Navception When embedding menus in other menus, you must take care not to include the same menu in itself. When done directly or indirectly, this can cause your website to go into an infinite loop (aka Limbo) when attempting to display the menu. I added some safeguards to keep you from accidentally causing this to happen, though I’m only 90% confident that I covered all scenarios. If you ever put your website into Limbo, you only need to remove the menu you embedded, then please make a post in the support forum telling me what you did so I can cover that case as well.

Top keywords

menu32×5.37%
submenu13×2.18%
navception11×1.85%
menus8×1.34%
wordpress8×1.34%
items6×1.01%
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only5×0.84%
another4×0.67%
submenus4×0.67%
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User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility

User Menus is the perfect plugin for websites that have logged in users. The plugin gives you more control over your nav menu by allowing you to apply visibility controls to menu items e.g., who can see each menu item (everyone, logged out users, logged in users, specific user roles). It also enables you to display logged in user information in the navigation menu e.g., “Hello, John Doe”. Lastly, the plugin allows you to add login, register, and logout links to your menu. Full Feature List User Menus allows you to do the following: Display menu items to everyone Display menu items to only logged out users Display menu items to only logged in users Display menu items to users with or without a specific user role. Show a logged in user’s {avatar} in a menu item with a custom size option. Show a logged in user’s {username} in a menu item Show a logged in user’s {first_name} in a menu item Show a logged in user’s {last_name} in a menu item Show a logged in user’s {display_name} in a menu item Show a logged in user’s nickname} in a menu item Show a logged in user’s {email} in a menu item Add a logout link to the menu (optional redirect settings) Add a register link to the menu (optional redirect settings) Add a login link to the menu (optional redirect settings) ** Includes a custom Menu Importer that will allow migrating User Menus data with the normal menu export/import. Created by Code Atlantic User Menus is built by the Code Atlantic team. We create high-quality WordPress plugins that help you grow your WordPress sites. Check out some of our most popular plugins: Popup Maker – #1 Popup & Marketing Plugin for WordPress Content Control – Restrict Access to Pages and Posts Requires WordPress 4.6 and PHP 5.6

Top keywords

menu21×6.58%
user14×4.39%
logged13×4.08%
item8×2.51%
logged in user8×2.51%
menu item8×2.51%

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Navception or User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility?

Navception (5.0★, 9 reviews) and User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility (5.0★, 1,278 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose Navception or User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility?

AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility does carry the larger published review base (1,278 vs 9). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Navception or User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility has the deeper published review base (1,278 vs 9), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Navception typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (9 reviews). User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,278 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Navception and User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility?

Migration support varies by app and category. Navception and User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Navception" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Navception vs User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility

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