Smart Table of Contents

Smart Table of Contents is the ultimate lightweight, SEO-friendly Table of Contents plugin for WordPress. It automatically generates a beautiful, clickable TOC from your post and page headings — helping visitors navigate long-form content effortlessly while boosting your site’s SEO with structured, crawlable anchor links.

🚀 Upgrade to Smart TOC Pro for advanced sticky/floating controls, advanced mobile behavior, and more!

🎯 Perfect For

• Bloggers with long-form content
• Documentation & knowledge base sites
• Tutorial and how-to websites
• News and magazine publishers
• Educational platforms & online courses
• Any WordPress site with lengthy articles

✨ Free Features

• Automatic TOC Generation — Instantly creates a table of contents from your H2-H6 headings
• Smooth Scrolling — Elegant smooth scroll animation when clicking TOC links
• Collapsible TOC — Visitors can expand/collapse the table of contents
• Active Heading Highlight — Highlights the current section as users scroll
• Shortcode Support — Use [aniksmta_toc] to place TOC anywhere in your content
• Customizable Heading Levels — Choose which headings to include (H2-H6)
• Counter Formats — Choose decimal numbers, Roman numerals, hierarchical (1.1.1), or no counters
• Collapsible Sections — Add toggle buttons to expand and collapse nested headings
• Theme Presets — Light, Dark, and Minimal theme presets plus default style
• Theme Color Picker — Match your site’s branding with custom accent color
• Toggle Icon Styles — Choose between Chevron (Default) and Plus/Minus icons
• Auto Dark Mode — Automatically switch to dark theme if the user’s device is in dark mode
• SEO Schema Markup — SiteNavigation JSON-LD structured data for search engines
• SEO Optimized — Clean HTML markup with proper anchor links for search engines
• Ultra Lightweight — Under 15KB, zero jQuery dependency
• Translation Ready — Fully internationalized with POT file included
• Per-Post Control — Enable/disable TOC for individual posts or pages
• Per-Post Heading Override — Override global heading levels on individual posts
• Global Heading Exclusion — Exclude headings by text across the entire site
• Exclude Headings by CSS Class — Skip specific headings using the no-toc class
• Page Exclusion Rules — Easily hide TOC on Home, Archive, Search, and 404 pages
• Multiple Positions — Before content, after first paragraph, or manual placement
• Sticky TOC (Basic) — Keep TOC visible while reading with simple sticky behavior
• Floating Desktop TOC (Basic) — Persistent TOC button and panel on the side of the screen for desktop users
• Mobile TOC Modal (Basic) — Mobile button opens TOC in a compact modal panel
• Copy Anchor Links — One-click copy for any TOC item link
• Reading Progress Bar (Basic) — Top progress indicator for long-form content
• Estimated Reading Time (Basic) — Display how long it takes to read the article
• Back to Top Button (Basic) — Quick scroll-to-top functionality
• Dynamic Content Refresh — Auto-initialize TOC behavior for content added after page load
• Lazy-load TOC Init — Delayed initialization until TOC enters viewport
• Gutenberg Block (Basic) — Insert TOC from the block editor with title and collapsed controls
• Sidebar Widget (Basic) — Display TOC in widget areas with title and collapsed controls
• Dashboard Widget — Quick TOC stats and access from your WordPress dashboard

Take your table of contents to the next level with Smart TOC Pro:

• 📌 Advanced Sticky/Floating TOC — Rich sticky modes, floating panel layouts, offsets, and behavior controls
• 📊 Advanced Progress Modes — Extra progress variants and panel-integrated progress experiences
• ⏱️ Advanced Reading Time Controls — Custom WPM speed, advanced formatting, and placement options
• ⬆️ Advanced Back to Top Button — Icon packs, shapes, colors, visibility controls, and circular progress ring
• ⌨️ Keyboard Navigation — Navigate TOC with keyboard shortcuts for better accessibility
• 💻 Custom CSS Support — Full styling control with custom CSS
• 📱 Advanced Mobile Options — Themed modal styles, gestures, and advanced trigger controls
• 🔢 Advanced Numbering Controls — Color overrides, prefixes, and suffixes for numbers
• 🗂️ Fine-Grained Collapsible Controls — Set default expanded/collapsed states per nested section
• 🎨 10+ Premium Theme Presets — Glassmorphism, gradient, and modern UI styles
• ⚙️ Advanced Display Conditions — Granular URL, category, tag, and author exclusion logic
• 📦 Settings Export/Import — Easily migrate settings between sites
• 🧱 Advanced Gutenberg Block Controls — More layout and behavior customization
• 📦 Advanced Sidebar Widget Controls — Rich display and behavior options
• 🔒 Priority Support — Fast, dedicated customer support

👉 Get Smart TOC Pro Now

How It Works

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Configure settings under Settings → Smart TOC
3. The TOC automatically appears on your posts and pages
4. Or use [aniksmta_toc] shortcode for manual placement

Shortcode Usage

Basic usage: [aniksmta_toc]

With custom title: [aniksmta_toc title=»In This Article»]

Collapsed by default: [aniksmta_toc collapsed=»true»]

🐛 Bug Reports

Found a bug? Please report it on our GitHub Issues page.

💬 Support & Help

• Documentation: Smart Table of Contents Documentation
• Support Forum: WordPress.org Support
• Contact: Contact
• Pro Support: Priority Support for Pro Users

🗺️ Roadmap

We’re constantly improving Smart TOC! Upcoming features:

• Additional shortcode attributes
• Advanced styling options
• Performance optimizations
• More counter format options

Have a feature request? Submit it on GitHub!