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better-section-navigation

Better Section Navigation

Creates a new widget for listing section-based navigation -- essential for contextual navigation. Also implements a template function and a shortcode.

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Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

65 / 124 rows with source links

52.4% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

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59 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
113 144 -21.5% 866

Related Opportunities

5 markets
Commercial opportunity Pages: Content publishing operations content publishing operations · final 76.1 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Navigation: Agency visual QA and update safety agency visual QA and update safety · final 74.1 · proof validated Generic category Cms: WordPress operations workflow WordPress operations workflow · final 48.0 · proof validated Generic category Section: WordPress operations workflow WordPress operations workflow · final 48.0 · proof not collected Generic category Hierarchy: WordPress operations workflow WordPress operations workflow · final 48.0 · proof not collected

Source Evidence

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mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88
Fatal Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active()

Fatal Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active(): users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Fatal Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() After updating the plugin to the most recent version, I get this error on all pages (including the admin dashboard) ` HP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() in <<WORDPRESS PATH>>/wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/exclude-pages.php:271 ` F
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.82
Fatal error

Fatal error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Fatal error The recent update has caused the following error: Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home/actoca/public_html/production/wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/better-section-nav.php on line 149 I commented out the line and all is well, but you may want to look into why this is happeneing.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
ie11 Issues?

ie11 Issues?: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
ie11 Issues?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
New Error When Updating

New Error When Updating: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
New Error When Updating Hello, I see that this plugin was just updated two weeks ago — which is good, because it likely means you are still supporting it!
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
PHP Notice for Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce

PHP Notice for Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
PHP Notice for Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce First of all, our team really loves this plugin.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
plug in not working

plug in not working: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
plug in not working Hi, I love your plugin but I discovered that your navigation has disappeared from the page where I am using [better-section-nav exclude=”480,920″ sort_by=”post_name”] the plugin has been updated.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Question Re: Display

Question Re: Display: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Question Re: Display Hello, As a big fan of the Simple Section plugin, I was happy to see someone taking up the reins, as you put it.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72
Question Re: Display

Question Re: Display: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Question Re: Display This question was marked as resolved six years ago, but I’m having the exact same issue right now: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-re-display/ The OP describes my issue perfectly.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.66
Custom links

Custom links: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I’ll find out from our support developers by Thursday 2/18.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.56
Great plugin by a great team

Great plugin by a great team: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Great plugin by a great team I’ve used Simple Section Navigation for years (10?) as a foundation for CMS websites.

Competitor Context

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Table of Contents Plus weak incumbent · intel 81.8 · weakness 72.3
weak incumbent
stale update history 11 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor sitemap drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source 1 source 2
Rich Table of Contents weak incumbent · intel 77.7 · weakness 68.3
weak incumbent
stale update history 24 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect navigation layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Hyyan WooCommerce Polylang Integration praise owner · intel 76.5 · weakness 67.2
praise owner
stale update history 17 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: multilingual site owners, agencies, and localization teams · Wedge: detect bilingual translation gaps, broken language routes, and localized metadata drift
source 1 source 2
Restrict Widgets praise owner · intel 75.9 · weakness 66.6
praise owner
stale update history 23 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Simple Post Type Permalinks praise owner · intel 75.2 · weakness 65.9
praise owner
stale update history 10 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight custom post type code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
List categories praise owner · intel 74.9 · weakness 65.6
praise owner
stale update history 13 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check categories publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
White Label CMS weak incumbent · intel 73.7 · weakness 58.1
weak incumbent
2 unresolved support thread(s) 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators · Wedge: audit admin changes, role drift, client handoffs, and unsafe settings exposure
source 1 source 2
More Types praise owner · intel 73.6 · weakness 64.4
praise owner
stale update history 20 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight custom post types code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2

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Collected Signals

18 shown from 18 collected
mixed Question Re: Display support · 2024-01-26T15:28:28+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Question Re: Display: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Question Re: Display This question was marked as resolved six years ago, but I’m having the exact same issue right now: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-re-display/ The OP describes my issue perfectly.
bugs support easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Works Great (5 stars) review · 2024-01-19T15:38:00+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Works Great: users praise reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Works Great Works perfectly, thanks for taking over the previous project guys, it’s a useful plugin.
reliable quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed New Error When Updating support · 2022-10-26T16:20:15+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

New Error When Updating: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: New Error When Updating Hello, I see that this plugin was just updated two weeks ago — which is good, because it likely means you are still supporting it!
bugs compatibility support easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed Twenty twenty two – how to use Better Section Navigation? support · 2022-07-25T15:06:16+00:00 · low severity · navigation

Twenty twenty two – how to use Better Section Navigation?: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’d love to use the Better Section Navigation plugin, but I can’t figure out how to use it with twenty twenty two.
compatibility support reliable quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed PHP Notice for Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce support · 2021-04-19T19:22:59+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

PHP Notice for Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: PHP Notice for Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce First of all, our team really loves this plugin.
bugs compatibility support easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed Custom links support · 2021-02-04T21:52:03+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Custom links: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ll find out from our support developers by Thursday 2/18.
support easy performance agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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question Change title support · 2020-03-11T17:20:00+00:00 · low severity · navigation

Change title: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: It is output as an H1 element is it possible to change that to an H4 more typical of a sidebar heading?
compatibility missing feature support setup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed plug in not working support · 2018-10-29T20:00:18+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

plug in not working: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: plug in not working Hi, I love your plugin but I discovered that your navigation has disappeared from the page where I am using [better-section-nav exclude=”480,920″ sort_by=”post_name”] the plugin has been updated.
bugs compatibility support reliable agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed Fatal Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() support · 2018-08-09T20:57:38+00:00 · high severity · navigation

Fatal Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active(): users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Fatal Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() After updating the plugin to the most recent version, I get this error on all pages (including the admin dashboard) ` HP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() in <<WORDPRESS PATH>>/wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/exclude-pages.php:271 ` F
bugs compatibility support agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source plugin
complaint ie11 Issues? support · 2018-08-09T16:20:35+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

ie11 Issues?: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: ie11 Issues?
bugs compatibility support reliable agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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neutral Displays next-to-last item twice; not displaying last item support · 2018-04-23T15:15:10+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Displays next-to-last item twice; not displaying last item: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Displays next-to-last item twice; not displaying last item Really odd problem; using this plugin on another site without same issue.
bugs support agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed sort by date? support · 2018-04-19T20:18:46+00:00 · low severity · navigation

sort by date?: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Thanks again for the great plugin.
support quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Pleasantly surprised (5 stars) review · 2018-04-09T00:46:22+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Pleasantly surprised: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Pleasantly surprised I was pleasantly surprised to see how neat and clean the menu looks and how easy it was to order & nest the pages.
easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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question Configuring parent page as first list item support · 2018-03-13T23:06:05+00:00 · low severity · navigation

Configuring parent page as first list item: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Configuring parent page as first list item Rather than having the parent page be a subheading, is it possible to reconfigure it as the first list item enclosed by the ul element?
missing feature setup agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise Great plugin by a great team (5 stars) review · 2018-03-05T13:33:44+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Great plugin by a great team: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great plugin by a great team I’ve used Simple Section Navigation for years (10?) as a foundation for CMS websites.
bugs compatibility support easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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praise just on time (5 stars) review · 2018-01-19T15:11:02+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

just on time: users praise reliable, value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: just on time I needed a plugin with similar functionality for my recent project and found this up-to-date version.
reliable value quality agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed Fatal error support · 2017-11-21T16:30:07+00:00 · high severity · navigation

Fatal error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Fatal error The recent update has caused the following error: Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home/actoca/public_html/production/wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/better-section-nav.php on line 149 I commented out the line and all is well, but you may want to look into why this is happeneing.
bugs compatibility value agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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mixed Question Re: Display support · 2017-08-10T14:58:32+00:00 · medium severity · navigation

Question Re: Display: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Question Re: Display Hello, As a big fan of the Simple Section plugin, I was happy to see someone taking up the reins, as you put it.
bugs support setup easy agency visual QA and update safety Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check pages publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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