Easy Table of Contents Pro vs Joli Table of Contents Pro

In Easy Table of Contents Pro vs Joli Table of Contents Pro, the core job is the same. Both plugins turn the headings of a post into a table of contents with jump links, which helps readers scan long articles and can earn sitelinks in Google. Both offer a sticky table of contents and a Gutenberg block, and in both cases your posts and headings stay as they are.

The difference is where each plugin puts its extras. Easy Table of Contents Pro focuses on compatibility: an Elementor widget, full AMP support, headings from ACF fields and collapsible subheadings. Joli Table of Contents Pro focuses on presentation: a floating table of contents, a slide out panel, a reading progress bar, multi column layouts, premium themes, visibility per device and RTL support.

Easy Table of Contents Pro suits publishers and agencies that run many sites, build with Elementor, serve AMP pages or keep content in ACF fields. Its free version on wordpress.org counts 600,000+ active installs and a rating of 4.4 out of 5. Its deal page names the limits: the lifetime pack only comes with unlimited sites, so the entry price is high for a single blog, and updates and support end after 10 years.

Joli Table of Contents Pro suits bloggers and site owners who publish long guides on one or a few sites and care about how the table of contents looks and moves. Its free version counts 7,000+ active installs and a rating of 4.9 out of 5. Its deal page names the limits too: the vendor page states no duration for updates and support, and the lifetime license costs a multiple of the yearly plan.

Both vendors sell a lifetime license and a yearly plan and give a money back window: 30 days for Easy Table of Contents Pro and 14 days for Joli Table of Contents Pro. Magazine3 offers exactly one lifetime tier, for unlimited sites. WPJoli offers four lifetime tiers: 1 site for $149, 3 sites for $219, 10 sites for $399, unlimited sites for $699.

Which plan pays off depends on the number of sites. With one or two blogs, the smallest Joli Table of Contents Pro tier is the lower entry; with a large portfolio, the unlimited pack of Easy Table of Contents Pro covers every site at once. The comparison table above shows the lifetime prices, the yearly plans and the payback period of both licenses with their check date.

A table of contents plugin builds its list from the headings that are already in your posts, so switching later does not touch your content. What has to be redone are the settings: heading levels, the insert position, the design and the sticky behaviour. If you placed a shortcode or a block by hand in single posts, those spots need the block of the new plugin.

Test the free version of both on a long post first. Check the table of contents on your phone and on desktop, scroll to see the sticky variant and look at a page built with your page builder. Then buy the Pro plugin within its refund window and keep only one table of contents plugin active, so two lists never show on the same page.