diff --git a/TestSiteV10/Views/Partials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml b/TestSiteV10/Views/Partials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml
index a3fe709..c240bf7 100644
--- a/TestSiteV10/Views/Partials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml
+++ b/TestSiteV10/Views/Partials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @using UmbNav.Core.Models
+@using UmbNav.Core.Extensions
 @inherits Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Views.UmbracoViewPage
 @{
     var site = Model.Root();
@@ -12,5 +13,6 @@
 }*@
 @foreach (var item in umbNav)
 {
-    <umbnavitem menu-item="item" active-class="nav-link--active" class="nav-link"></umbnavitem>
+    @*<umbnavitem menu-item="item" active-class="nav-link--active" class="nav-link"></umbnavitem>*@
+    <a class="nav-link @Html.If(item.IsActive(Model, true), " nav-link--active")" href="@item.Url()">@item.Name</a>
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/UmbNav.Core/Extensions/UmbNavItemExtensions.cs b/src/UmbNav.Core/Extensions/UmbNavItemExtensions.cs
index cdbf2df..ea625b4 100644
--- a/src/UmbNav.Core/Extensions/UmbNavItemExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/UmbNav.Core/Extensions/UmbNavItemExtensions.cs
@@ -121,5 +121,23 @@ public static string Url(this UmbNavItem item, string culture = null, UrlMode mo
 
             return item.Url;
         }
+
+        public static bool IsActive(this UmbNavItem item, IPublishedContent currentPage, bool checkAncestors = false)
+        {
+            if (item.Key == currentPage.Key)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (checkAncestors)
+            {
+                if (item.Content.IsAncestorOrSelf(currentPage) && item.Content != currentPage.Root())
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/UmbNav.Core/Models/UmbNavItem.cs b/src/UmbNav.Core/Models/UmbNavItem.cs
index 203456f..ab0aec0 100644
--- a/src/UmbNav.Core/Models/UmbNavItem.cs
+++ b/src/UmbNav.Core/Models/UmbNavItem.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class UmbNavItem
         [JsonProperty("itemType")] internal string MenuItemType { get; set; } = "link";
 
         [JsonIgnore]
+        [Obsolete("If you need to check ancestors, use the IsActive() extension instead")]
         public bool IsActive { get; set; }
 
         [JsonProperty("displayAsLabel")]
diff --git a/src/UmbNav.Core/TagHelpers/UmbnavItemTagHelper.cs b/src/UmbNav.Core/TagHelpers/UmbnavItemTagHelper.cs
index c9a1b3f..141d2e9 100644
--- a/src/UmbNav.Core/TagHelpers/UmbnavItemTagHelper.cs
+++ b/src/UmbNav.Core/TagHelpers/UmbnavItemTagHelper.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public class UmbnavitemTagHelper : TagHelper
         public string Culture { get; set; }
         public string LabelTagName { get; set; } = "span";
         public string ActiveClass { get; set; }
+        public bool IsActiveAncestorCheck { get; set; } = false;
+        public IPublishedContent CurrentPage { get; set; } = null;
         private bool IsLabel { get { return MenuItem.ItemType == UmbNavItemType.Label; } }
 
         public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
@@ -33,7 +35,14 @@ public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
                 output.AddClass(MenuItem.CustomClasses, HtmlEncoder.Default);
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ActiveClass) && MenuItem.IsActive)
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ActiveClass) && CurrentPage != null && IsActiveAncestorCheck)
+            {
+                if (MenuItem.IsActive(CurrentPage, true))
+                {
+                    output.AddClass(ActiveClass, HtmlEncoder.Default);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ActiveClass) && MenuItem.IsActive)
             {
                 output.AddClass(ActiveClass, HtmlEncoder.Default);
             }
diff --git a/src/UmbNav.Core/UmbNav.Core.csproj b/src/UmbNav.Core/UmbNav.Core.csproj
index 287bf6b..6a3f9cb 100644
--- a/src/UmbNav.Core/UmbNav.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/UmbNav.Core/UmbNav.Core.csproj
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 		<Copyright>2023 UmbHost Limited</Copyright>
 		<PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
 		<PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>true</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
-		<AssemblyVersion>2.0.2</AssemblyVersion>
+		<AssemblyVersion>2.0.3</AssemblyVersion>
 		<Version>$(AssemblyVersion)</Version>
 		<PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
-		<PackageReleaseNotes>Fixes member visiblity</PackageReleaseNotes>
+		<PackageReleaseNotes>Added IsActive extension with ancestor check</PackageReleaseNotes>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net60'">
diff --git a/src/UmbNav.Web/UmbNav.Web.csproj b/src/UmbNav.Web/UmbNav.Web.csproj
index 3e49dac..d0a2035 100644
--- a/src/UmbNav.Web/UmbNav.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/UmbNav.Web/UmbNav.Web.csproj
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 		<Copyright>2023 UmbHost Limited</Copyright>
 		<PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
 		<PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>true</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
-		<AssemblyVersion>2.0.7</AssemblyVersion>
+		<AssemblyVersion>2.0.8</AssemblyVersion>
 		<Version>$(AssemblyVersion)</Version>
 		<PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
-		<PackageReleaseNotes>Fixes member visiblity</PackageReleaseNotes>
+		<PackageReleaseNotes>Added IsActive extension with ancestor check</PackageReleaseNotes>
 	</PropertyGroup>