Title: Optimized Dropdown Menus
Author: Maor Chasen
Published: 11 Maart, 2012
Last modified: 21 April, 2014
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Search plugins
Dizze plugin **is net hifke mei de lêste 3 grutte releases fan WordPress** . It
kin net langer wurde ûnderhâlden of stipe en kin kompatibiliteitsproblemen hawwe
as it wurdt brûkt mei resinte ferzjes fan WordPress.
# Optimized Dropdown Menus
Troch [Maor Chasen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maor/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/optimized-dropdown-menus.1.2.2.zip)
* [Details](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus/#description)
* [Resinsjes](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus/#reviews)
* [Ynstallaasje](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus/#installation)
* [Ûntwikkeling](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus/#developers)
[Stypje](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/optimized-dropdown-menus/)
## Beskriuwing
By using Optimized Dropdown Menus Widget, you’ll be able to create dropdown menus
that are searchable or “spiderable” by search engine bots.
#### So how does it work?
Basically, it works like this:
The menu’s markup code is being printed as an ordinary nested menu. e.g.
```
```
Since most browsers support JavaScript, using the widget, the markup would be translated
into something like this
```
```
The tricky part here is, that search engines do not usually interpret JavaScript,
all they will be able to scan is the nested menu. That way they will reach out for
those pages, and most probably will crawl those pages as well.
ODM also supports a range of per-widget settings:
* Control whether links will be open in new window or in the same window
* Choose to use HTML5/XHTML markup for the menu
#### Features set for the next versions
Soon there will be an option for developers to use the same functionality via the
code. e.g.
#### Translations
Currently, these translations are available:
* Spanish (es_ES) – in courtesy of [Ognjen Djuraskovic](http://firstsiteguide.com/)
* Serbian (sr_RS) – in courtesy of [Ognjen Djuraskovic](http://firstsiteguide.com/)
## Skermôfbyldings
[⌊Widget Settings⌉⌊Widget Settings⌉[
Widget Settings
[⌊How it looks on the front-end⌉⌊How it looks on the front-end⌉[
How it looks on the front-end
## Ynstallaasje
Install Optimized Dropdown Menus in 3 easy steps
1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to Appearance > Widgets and drag the widget (“Optimized Dropdown Menu”) to any
sidebar you wish
## FAQ
How do I add a menu?
First you should set up a menu before you attempt to use the widget. In order to
do that, go to Appearance > Menus and create a new menu. When you’re finished creating
and saving the new menu, go back to Appearance > Widgets and select the appropriate
menu.
## Resinsjes
D’r binne gjin resinsjes foar dizze plugin.
## Meiwurkers & amp; Untwikkelders
“Optimized Dropdown Menus” is iepen boarne software. De folgjende minsken hawwe
bydroegen oan dizze plugin.
Meiwurkers
* [ Maor Chasen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maor/)
[Oersette “Optimized Dropdown Menus” yn jo taal.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus)
### Ynteressearre yn ûntwikkeling?
[Blêdzje troch de koade](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optimized-dropdown-menus/),
besjoch de [SVN-repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/optimized-dropdown-menus/),
of abonnearje op it [ûntwikkelingslogboek](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/optimized-dropdown-menus/)
troch [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/optimized-dropdown-menus/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Feroaringslog
#### 1.2.2
* New! Added support for opening links in new window. Proposed by Kari S.
#### 1.2.1
* Added new es_ES, sr_RS translations. Thank you, [Ognjen Djuraskovic](http://firstsiteguide.com/)!
#### 1.2
* Optimized Dropdown Menus is now translation-ready
#### 1.1
* Fixed bug where the menu was rendered, but the “Go” button was not responding.
props Graham W.
* Codebase improved, now wrapped in a class
#### 1.0
* Initial release.
## Meta
* Version **1.2.2**
* Last updated **12 jier yn ôl**
* Active installations **60+**
* WordPress version ** 3.0 of heger **
* Tested up to **3.7.41**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus/)
* Tags
* [menu](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/)[seo](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
[widget](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)[widget-only](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget-only/)
* [Avansearre werjefte](https://fy.wordpress.org/plugins/optimized-dropdown-menus/advanced/)
## Wurdearrings
5 fan 5 stjerren.
* [ 1 resinsje mei 5 stjer ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/optimized-dropdown-menus/reviews/?filter=5)
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* [ 0 resinsjes mei 2 stjerren ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/optimized-dropdown-menus/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 0 resinsjes mei 1 stjerren ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/optimized-dropdown-menus/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Meiwurkers
* [ Maor Chasen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maor/)
## Stypje
Hast wat te sizzen? Help nedich hawwe?
[Besjoch stipefoarum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/optimized-dropdown-menus/)
## Doar
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