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\u00a0Initial release\n\u00a0<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-256x256.jpg":{"filename":"icon-256x256.jpg","revision":2767832,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":""}},"assets_banners":{"banner-772x250.jpg":{"filename":"banner-772x250.jpg","revision":2767837,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":""}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0","1.1","1.2","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.6","1.7","1.8"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[212773,23593,255961,2859,6954],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[78767,176156],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-161011","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-child-menu-items","plugin_tags-dynamic-menu","plugin_tags-menu-based-sidebar","plugin_tags-navigation-menu","plugin_tags-sidebar-widget","plugin_contributors-india-web-developer","plugin_contributors-wpexpertsin","plugin_committers-india-web-developer"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/menu-based-sidebar\/assets\/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2767837","banner_2x":false,"banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/menu-based-sidebar\/assets\/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2767832","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/menu-based-sidebar\/assets\/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2767832","generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n

A smart way to display child menu items in the widget sidebar. The Menu-Based Sidebar plugin provides an option to display child menu items in the sidebar based on the currently selected parent menu item.<\/p>\n\n

Features<\/h4>\n\n

\u00a0* Shortcode [mbs_menu menu_id=\"MENU_ID_GOES_HERE\"]\n\u00a0* Display menu items in sidebar on based current main menu item\n\u00a0* Auto display child pages on based of current main menu item<\/p>\n\n

Note: If you are using any cache plugin on your website then please clear site cache after enable\/update plugin settings<\/h4>\n\n

Please don't forget to leave your valuable feedback and suggestions to make our plugin much better compared to other plugins.<\/p>\n\n

\u00a0Have you any suggestion? share it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Installing the plugin:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. \u00a0Unzip the plugin's directory into wp-content\/plugins<\/code>.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n

    Is this allowing to display child menu items in sidebar ?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    \u00a0* Yes, on basis of current main menu item, it will automatically display their all child menu items in sidebar \n\u00a0<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Can I add sidebar under page content ?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    \u00a0* Yes, You can use shortcode any where of the website where you want to display menu based listing \n\u00a0<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Can I show my footer menu items in sidebar?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    \u00a0* Yes,Using the shortcode you can display listing of any menu, just need to add the menu id in shortcode [mbs_menu menu_id=\"MENU_ID_GOES_HERE\"]<\/p>\n\n

    \u00a0<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.7<\/h4>\n\n

    Tested with latest version of Wordrpess<\/p>\n\n

    1.1<\/h4>\n\n

    Fixed sub child menu items issue<\/p>\n\n

    1.0<\/h4>\n\n

    First release<\/p>","raw_excerpt":"Displays child menu items in the sidebar based on the currently selected parent menu item.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/161011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161011"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/india-web-developer"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=161011"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=161011"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=161011"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=161011"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kea.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=161011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}