Cr8vStacks Table of Contents — Beautiful WordPress TOC Plugin

WordPress Plugin · Free · No jQuery

A table of
contents worth
reading.

Cr8vStacks Table of Contents helps readers navigate long posts with polished TOC layouts, sticky headers, reading time, live section tracking, and real-time design preview — all from your WordPress dashboard.

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Contents 5 min read
I
Preface
II
Origins and context — The founding years — Key influences
III
A theory of everything — Framework overview — Core propositions
IV
Evidence and proof
Progress
Layout
Minimalist
Manuscript
Soft editorial
Brutalist
Colour preset
Default Light Dark Ocean Forest Rose
Reading time 5 min · live countdown
Layouts

Four ways to
present a
contents list.

Every layout shares the same colour, typography, and display controls. Switch freely without losing your settings — just a different visual structure for the same content.

01 Minimalist

Clean numbered links on a light card. Gets out of the way and lets the content lead.

02 Manuscript

Dark editorial chapter style with timeline nodes. Built for long-form journalism, research, and academic writing.

03 Soft editorial

A guided reading flow with completion indicators and a calm visual hierarchy — ideal for tutorials and instructional content.

04 Brutalist

Bold typographic rows, high contrast, zero ornamentation. For publications that need the TOC to assert itself on the page.

Designed for readers

Everything a long
post actually needs.

Most TOC plugins are an afterthought — a plain link list generated at save time. Cr8vStacks Table of Contents is built around the reading experience: active section tracking, live scroll progress, readable typography, and a sticky header that follows without getting in the way.

It does all of this without jQuery, without external font requests, and without touching your theme.

Sticky header with smart offset The TOC docks to the top of the viewport as you scroll, with a configurable pixel offset for sites with fixed navigation bars.
Live section tracking The active heading highlights in real time as the reader scrolls — no polling, no layout jank, no JavaScript frameworks required.
Reading time and live countdown Shows estimated reading time on load, then counts down as the reader progresses. Synced with the scroll progress bar.
Layout-aware colour presets Six WCAG AA-compliant presets — Light, Dark, Ocean, Forest, Rose, and Default — each tuned per layout for readable contrast.
Live dashboard preview Every layout, colour, and typography change reflects instantly in the preview panel — no saving and reloading to see your changes.
Gutenberg sidebar panel Per-post overrides in the block editor sidebar. Show, hide, or reposition the TOC for individual posts without touching global settings.
Under the hood

Built the
right way.

Lightweight, dependency-free, and frontend-lean by design. Cr8vStacks TOC generates clean output that works with your existing theme and tools without fighting them.

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01

SEO-friendly anchors

Cr8vStacks TOC generates standard HTML anchor links — not JavaScript redirects. Heading structure is fully crawlable, which helps search engines understand your article's hierarchy. It works alongside your existing SEO plugin, not against it.

02

No jQuery, no bloat

The frontend runs on vanilla JavaScript. No jQuery dependency, no external library requests, no unnecessary runtime overhead. Plugin code loads only when the TOC is present on the page — zero waste on pages without it.

03

Shortcode placement

Need the TOC in a specific spot? Drop anywhere in your content. Works in the Gutenberg Shortcode block and Classic Editor — full manual control when auto-placement isn't enough.

FAQ

Common
questions.

Does Cr8vStacks TOC help with SEO?

Indirectly, yes. It generates crawlable heading anchor links that help search engines understand your content structure and improve scanability. It doesn't replace metadata, schema, or sitemap tools — it works alongside them.

Does it work with the block editor?

Yes. Cr8vStacks Table of Contents detects headings from Gutenberg content, adds a dedicated sidebar panel for per-post controls, and supports manual placement through the Shortcode block. Classic Editor is also fully supported.

How much can I customise the design?

Quite a lot. You can choose from four layouts, six colour presets, custom typography sizes, spacing, progress bar behaviour, sticky offset, and custom CSS. The live preview panel shows every change before you save.

Does it load external fonts or scripts?

No. Cr8vStacks TOC uses your theme's font stack or the system UI stack — no external font requests, no CDN dependencies. The Typography panel lets you select from locally available font families only.

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Free to download.
Free to keep.