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

Install and activate the plugin
Configure settings under Settings Smart TOC
The TOC automatically appears on your posts and pages
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!