diff --git a/action.php b/action.php
index e081f7f..69d5190 100644
--- a/action.php
+++ b/action.php
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ class action_plugin_childrenpages extends DokuWiki_Action_Plugin {
 		if ( $event->data['view'] !== 'page' ) {
 			return;
 		}
-		// Only add links if the current page is not included in a namespace
-		if ( ! empty($INFO['namespace']) ) {
-			return;
-		}
 		// Get the list of children pages
 		$children_types = $this->getConf('children_list');
+		// Only add links if the current page is not included in a reserved namespace
+		$top_namespace = explode(':', $INFO['namespace'])[0];
+		if ( in_array($top_namespace, $children_types) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// Add menu items for each child page
 		foreach ( $children_types as $child_type ) {
 			$child_label = $this->getLang("btn_$child_type");
 			$this->addMenuItem($event, $child_type, $child_label);