Every site has that one page where visitors get stuck. The support hub with forty links. The “find your model” page that’s really just a wall of text. The course catalog you scroll and scroll and still can’t tell where to click. You built it to be helpful, but to a first-time visitor it reads like a directory — and directories make people leave.
We built Elmspur Cascade to fix exactly that problem: replace the wall of links with a guided path.
Pick, pick, gone
Cascade is a native WordPress block that adds cascading dropdowns to any page, post, or template. Each choice filters the next one, and the final choice sends the visitor straight to the right page.
- Support sites: Product → Issue Type → the exact help article
- Multi-location businesses: Country → City → that location’s page
- Course sites: Subject → Course → the lesson
- Product finders: Streaming Device → Roku → your Roku setup guide
Three clicks, no scrolling, no dead ends. Instead of asking “where do I click?”, the visitor just answers a couple of questions and lands where they meant to go.
Built the WordPress way
Cascade isn’t a form plugin, and there are no shortcodes to memorize. It’s a real block:
- Drag it in and build right in the editor. Add your levels and destinations with a point-and-click visual tree builder — no JSON required (though it’s there in an Advanced panel if you like it).
- See what visitors will see. Preview the live dropdowns without leaving the editor.
- Up to 5 dependent levels, and branches don’t have to be the same depth — a two-level branch redirects at level two and leaves the rest disabled.
- Redirect instantly on the final pick, or show a “Go” button you can label yourself. Open in a new tab if you want.
- A compact Navigation variant that drops right into your site header, inline with your other menu links.
- Works with your theme. It’s a block-theme-first, FSE-friendly block that inherits your existing button styles, colors, and typography.
Featherweight on the front end
No jQuery. No external requests. No render-blocking. The front-end script is a few kilobytes of vanilla JavaScript that loads only on pages that actually use the block. Your Lighthouse score won’t notice it’s there.
Free, and free forever
The core plugin is free on WordPress.org — the block, the tree builder, all five levels, the redirect options, the new-tab toggle, and the navigation variant. That’s the whole engine, and it stays free.
Cascade Pro adds the power-user features on top:
- Saved, reusable dropdown trees — define a tree once, link it to as many blocks as you like, and edits propagate site-wide.
- Priority email support.
Everything you build in Free carries over to Pro untouched — Pro installs right alongside it, no rebuilding. And Pro comes with a 14-day, no-questions money-back guarantee.
Get started
Download Elmspur Cascade free from the WordPress plugin directory, or search for Elmspur Cascade under Plugins → Add New in your dashboard. Insert the Cascading Redirect Dropdowns block, open the menu builder, and give each destination a URL. That’s the whole setup.
Ready for reusable trees and priority support? See Cascade Pro pricing →
Give your visitors a path instead of a wall. Pick, pick, gone.