March 29, 2023

GD Pages Navigator Plugin

Simple and powerful widget plugin to create enhanced navigation for hierarchical post types, based on different criteria for filtering and display of …

Standard display of pages in WordPress can be a problem if you have a lot of pages with sub-pages causing the widget with list of pages to take a lot of space in the sidebar. With this widget you can use on of the 4 currently supported methods of navigation:

Pages list display methods

Full Hierarchy: Displays complete hierarchy of all pages in the blog.
Custom Parent: Displays only sub-pages for a parent page of your choice.
Navigator: Dynamic list of pages, based on the currently active page.
Selected: Select pages to display, all other will be ignored.

Important URL’s

Installation

Upload folder gd-pages-navigator to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Add widget to sidebar and set it to your liking

Screenshots

Widget interface

FAQ

Does plugin works with WordPress MultiSite installations?

Yes.

Where can I configure the plugin?

The plugin doesn’t have configuration page, everything needed is part of the widget.

Does plugin work with custom post types?

Yes. It supports all public hierarchical post types.

Can I translate the plugin to my language?

Yes. The POT file is provided as a base for translation. Translation files should go into languages directory.

Changelog

6.2.1 – 2022.05.17

Version bump only

6.2 – 2021.07.22

WordPress 5.8 specific changes.
Various updates
Code cleanup

6.1 – 2020.09.24

Few minor updates
Code cleanup
Fixed some PHP 7.4 warnings

6.0 – 2019.07.21

CSS and JS for a widget moved into files
Compatibility with PHP 7.0 and newer
Tested with latest WordPress 5.0+ versions
Improved widget settings sanitation
Removed all WordPress deprecated functions used
Added more information to the plugin readme file
Added FAQ entries to the plugin readme file
Fixed several PHP 7.0+ warnings
Fixed issues with the Customizer

5.5 – 2016.03.19

Minimum WordPress requirement is now 4.0
Improvements to widget interface styling
Compatibility with PHP 5.5 and newer
Updated files from gdr2 library to 2.8.8
Fixed issues with walker render classes

5.2

Added display option for the navigation mode
Several minor changes and improvements
Improvements to widget settings styling
Fixed displaying of navigation mode in some cases
Fixed checking for hierarchy in navigation mode
Fixed few more strings in widget settings

5.1.5

Changed method of loading translations
Updated files from gdr2 library to 2.6.7
Fixed some initialization errors

5.1.2

Updated files from gdr2 library to 2.6.5

5.1.1

Added Serbian translation
Plugin loading improvements
Fixed some minor typos

5.1

New method: selection of pages to display

5.0.2

Option for excluding pages from the list
Fixed missing JavaScript for post type changing
Fixed couple of PHP warnings

5.0.1

Fixed missing function for navigation method

5.0.0

Full plugin rewrite