NGT Advanced Auto Table of Contents

Elevate Your Long-Form Content with an Enterprise-Grade Navigation Suite The NGT Advanced Auto Table of Contents is not just another TOC plugin—it is a premium, performance-focused navigation engine designed for professional WordPress sites. Built with a sleek, SaaS-style dashboard, it gives you absolute control over how your readers navigate your articles without injecting heavy, site-slowing CSS bloat.

Whether you rely on automatic injection or prefer strict manual placement via native Gutenberg Blocks, Elementor Widgets, or shortcodes, this plugin intelligently adapts to your site’s structure. It features a smart detection algorithm that prevents duplicate TOCs, seamlessly integrating into sidebars or main content areas.

Key Features:

• Zero-Bloat Architecture: Utilizes modern CSS Custom Properties (variables) and a single optimized database query to ensure zero impact on your Core Web Vitals and loading speeds.
• Strict Placement Logic: Choose between automatic insertion (Top, Bottom, or Before First Heading) or strict manual exclusivity using the [NGT_toc] shortcode, Gutenberg Block, or Elementor Widget.
• Smart Sidebar Detection: Automatically prevents duplicate TOC rendering if a widget is detected in your active sidebar. SaaS-Style
• Control Panel: A beautiful, intuitive 2-column dashboard featuring native WordPress color pickers for precise branding.
• Advanced Hover Animations: Engage users with customizable “Pop Out” (Zoom/Scale) or “Slide Right” link hover effects with adjustable intensity.
• Precision Typography & Styling: Inherit your theme’s default fonts, or completely customize font weights, link decorations, and bullet colors independently from the text.
• Hierarchical Tree Rendering: Intelligently maps your H2 through H6 tags into a clean, nested structure with perfectly aligned CSS bullets. Interactive Mobile-Ready
• Toggle: Includes a customizable [+]/[-] expansion toggle and smooth scrolling for a flawless user experience on any device.

Installation Guide

Method 1: WordPress Dashboard

1. Log in to your WordPress Admin dashboard.
2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
3. Click Upload Plugin at the top of the screen.
4. Select the advanced-auto-toc.zip file from your computer and click Install Now.
5. Click Activate Plugin.
6. Navigate to Table of Contents in the main left-hand menu to configure your design and placement settings.

Method 2: Manual FTP Upload

1. Extract the advanced-auto-toc.zip file on your computer.
2. Using your preferred FTP client, upload the extracted advanced-auto-toc folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your server.
3. Log in to your WordPress Admin dashboard.
4. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
5. Locate Advanced Auto Table of Contents in the list and click Activate.
6. Navigate to Table of Contents in the main menu to begin customization.