Change from UL to OL

would you say that ol is better? May be an option in a future update.

Most definitely.

Thats what almost all the toc plug-ins uses.

It is just cleaners and I believe better for seo too( almost 100 percent of the sites I see on page one of Google that use TOC use ol )

So any thing you recommend I do for now before the next update?

Also, when do you plan on releasing the next update?

SimpleTOC will optionally display the TOC as an ordered list. But it is not “clean” and will most likely lead to a problem with nested headings. Especially if the headings start with a H4 or H5. So using ol as a default is from my point of view the best solution.

This new feature needs to be test. I would say next weekend.

Ok that would be great as ordered list is the right markup.

I look forward to the update this weekend

Another question I have is how do you get this to display on the sidebar?

There is no right or wrong here. Meanwhile if you just want to make it look like it’s an offered list use custom css in your theme:

.simpletoc li {
  list-style-type: decimal;
}

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Marc Toensing.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Marc Toensing.

Thanks

If you want to help you can test this proof of concept branch: https://github.com/mtoensing/simpletoc/archive/listtypeswitcher.zip

unzip, rename the folder to “simpletoc”, delete the old one (you can download it from the repository later) and replace it with this folder in /wp-content/plugins

In the end it was a minimal change to the code base. v4.4.2 now has an option to replace the unordered list with an ordered list.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Marc Toensing.

Cool I just updated it and it is still showing ul. Do I have to use any css for that. Also, i am seeing issue where on pages the plugin is showing all the header but on page post it works.

Can you confirm and update. Thanks

As I said: it is an option. You can switch to ok on the block configurations. No css needed.

If there is another issue please describe that issue in a separate support case with more detailed information. Thank you.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Marc Toensing.