Title: Amathia: Accessible Dropdown Menus Author: Marcel Pol Published: mayo 26, 2020 Last modified: abril 3, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/amathia/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2312144) ![](https://ps.w.org/amathia/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2313005) # Amathia: Accessible Dropdown Menus By [Marcel Pol](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mpol/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/amathia.2.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/amathia/#description) * [Reviews](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/amathia/#reviews) * [Installation](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/amathia/#installation) * [Development](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/amathia/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amathia/) ## Description Amathia makes dropdown menus accessible. It adds a button to each dropdown menu, which can be easily clicked to open the submenu. #### Support If you have a problem or a feature request, please post it on the plugin’s support forum on [wordpress.org](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amathia). I will do my best to respond as soon as possible. If you send me an email, I will not reply. Please use the support forum. Please be aware that this plugin will not fit in with the styling of every theme, often it will require additional CSS styling. It is not possible for me to provide free support in writing your CSS, I expect it will be too much work to do for free. #### Translations Translations can be added very easily through [GlotPress](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/amathia). You can start translating strings there for your locale. They need to be validated though, so if there’s no validator yet, and you want to apply for being validator( PTE), please post it on the support forum. I will make a request on make/polyglots to have you added as validator for this plugin/locale. #### Demo Check out the demo at [my local chess club Pegasus](https://svpegasus.nl/). #### Compatibility This plugin is compatible with [ClassicPress](https://www.classicpress.net). #### Contributions This plugin is also available in [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/cyclotouriste/amathia). ## Screenshots * [[ * Frontend View of a navigation menu with a dropdown. The buttons in the menu are for opening and closing the submenu. * [[ * Settings Page with the menu locations that can be enabled. ## Installation #### Installation * Install the plugin through the admin page “Plugins”. * Alternatively, unpack and upload the contents of the zipfile to your ‘/wp-content/ plugins/’ directory. * Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. * Go to Dashboard > Settings > Amathia and enable the menu location where you need buttons. ## FAQ ### It doesn’t work correctly on my website Please be aware that this plugin will not fit in with the styling of every theme, often it will require additional CSS styling. It is not possible for me to provide free support in writing your CSS, I expect it will be too much work to do for free. ### What about the name Amathia? Amathia is a Greek word that doesn’t have a good translation in English. It means‘ not-learning’, the opposite of ‘sophia’, which means wisdom. Amathia is about not wanting to learn, not wanting to see things from another side, or from a different perspective. Many awfull deeds in human history have been done under amathia, which we often incorrectly ascribe it to plain evil. It’s not a fault in intelligence, but it’s a fault in character. It is easy to apply this to accessibility. Many healthy people, including web developers, don’t consider accessibility as important. It is a good thing to see things from a different perspective. A year from now we might be going slowly blind for example. And all of us are getting old (hopefully), with all the baggage that comes with that. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Amathia: Accessible Dropdown Menus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Marcel Pol ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mpol/) [Translate “Amathia: Accessible Dropdown Menus” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/amathia) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/amathia/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/amathia/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/amathia/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/amathia/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.0 * 2026-04-03 * Rewrite jQuery into vanilla JavaScript. * Drop jQuery dependancy. * Only load JavaScript if menus are enabled. * Set license of JavaScript to GPLv2. * Set autoload explicitly for option. * Use plugin_dir_path instead of WP_PLUGIN_DIR. #### 1.0.3 * 2025-07-17 * Verify Nonces correctly. #### 1.0.2 * 2024-10-02 * Use **DIR** instead of dirname(**FILE**). * Check for direct access of files. #### 1.0.1 * 2021-11-30 * Some updates from phpcs and wpcs. #### 1.0.0 * 2020-05-26 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **2.0.0** * Last updated **2 meses ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amathia/) * Tags * [a11y](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/a11y/)[accessibility](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accessibility/) [dropdown menus](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dropdown-menus/) * [Advanced View](https://arg.wordpress.org/plugins/amathia/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amathia/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amathia/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Marcel Pol ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mpol/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amathia/)