Current Menu Item for Custom Post Types

47 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

Around 2,000 active installs is a modest but healthy footprint for a single-purpose utility plugin solving a narrow problem.

Update Freshness

3/25

Updated in late November 2024 and tested against WordPress 6.7.5, the plugin is clearly being maintained despite its age.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 23 raters is impressive, though the small sample size means a few unhappy users could swing the score noticeably.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened is a positive signal that the plugin installs cleanly, but it also means there is no public track record of the author resolving issues.

WP Compatibility

8/15

The plugin requires WordPress 3.0 or higher and has been tested with the current 6.7.5 release, though no PHP version is declared which is a minor transparency gap.

Scores higher than 2% of indexed plugins

About

Allows you to highlight the current menu item by assigning a page to a custom post type.

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2024-11-26 9:10am GMT

Requires WordPress 3.0+

Tested Up To 6.7.7

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: October 26, 2023

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What It Does

This plugin adds a CSS class to the navigation menu item that corresponds to a single post belonging to a custom post type, so WordPress correctly highlights the parent menu entry when a visitor views that custom post. It targets a specific gap in WordPress core, which only auto-highlights menu items for built-in post types by default. Setup is minimal: assign a page to your custom post type and the highlight works automatically.

Who It's For

This is a good fit for site owners running custom post types such as portfolios, real estate listings, product catalogues, or event archives where users browse single-item pages and expect the relevant top-level menu item to stay highlighted. It is especially useful for developers or small business operators who want this behaviour without writing custom walker code or child theme hacks. If you only use standard posts and pages, you will never need it.

Who Should Skip It

If your site only uses standard WordPress posts and pages, skip this plugin because core already handles menu highlighting for those post types. Agencies or developers comfortable editing theme functions.php or building a custom nav walker will get the same result with a few lines of code and no extra plugin.

The Bottom Line

Current Menu Item for Custom Post Types is a focused, well-maintained fix for a real WordPress limitation, with a perfect user rating and an overall quality score of 50.89/100 that reflects solid ratings offset by modest adoption and a lack of formal support data. It is worth installing if menu highlighting on custom post type singles is a recurring frustration on your site. If you do not use custom post types, there is simply no reason to add it.