Navigation Menu is a theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for introducing customised navigation menus into a theme. In order to incorporate menu support into your theme, you need to add a few code segments to your theme files.
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Large WP 3.0 menu times out and won't save
I have a large menu containing 10 parent items with roughly 7 child items each that I am trying to build using the WP-admin > Appearance > Menus.
I have nearly all the menu items added but now my ...
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Adding a class (arrows) to main menu links that have children?
I'm wondering if it is possible to add different classes to second/third/fourth/etc-level items that have children in Appearance > Menus tree?
That's how I call the menu:
<?php $menu_args = ...
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Menu Items Disappearing
I'm running WP 3.5.1 and I've a menu with about 100 items. When I add new items to the menu older ones disappear.
I'm not running Suhosin or similar stuff. What can be the cause?
Note: I'm on a ...
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how to create a menu with all sub categories?
Is it possible to create a menu with a category such that each time that I had a sub category that automatically display on the menu?
As far as I know, if I have a menu with the category "fruit", and ...
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How to determine if custom menu is active?
My theme registers custom menus with this function:
function nav_menus() {
if ( function_exists( 'register_nav_menus' ) ) {
register_nav_menus(
array('main-menu' => __( 'Main ...
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How to add posts to custom menus?
I'm just beginning to work the "Custom Menu" functionality that was introduced in 3.0 into my theme.
I like everything about this new capability and API, with one exception: Why no posts?
I can ...
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Using a menu walker add a custom item at the end of the menu's items
I need to add a search field at the end of a menu in a list item.
I've been looking at walkers but finding it really hard to figure out what is the last item (or even get the total). Also where would ...
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How to get current-menu-item title as variable?
Is possible to get current-menu-item as a php variable?
I'm listing the category museums via the menu item 'museums we support' so i'd like the get 'museums we support' bit and display it somewhere?
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wp_nav_menu doesn't generate parent/ancestor classes
I don't know why the proper classes for menu item are not generated - all the elements in the tree which has subtree get only menu-item menu-item-type-post_type. The elements, which don't have ...
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Menu items id's - are they 100% unique?
With regards the menu item id's WP generates such as menu-item-814, are these 100% unique in nature?
I know they are unique at the time, but are they always unique? Meaning that if I was to delete ...
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wp_nav_menu log in/out link?
I have a wp_nav_menu showing pages, but I'd also like to include a log in/out link, based on the current state of the user, which will redirect them to the home page.
I've looked far and wide, but ...
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Get the ID of the page a menu item links to?
I am currently using a custom walker to customize the output of wp_nav_menu(), and I am trying to add additional information to the <a> tags.
What I want the output for each menu link to look ...
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How do I make a wordpress plugin with menu item etc
I've been reading documents, viewing videos, etc. on how to create a Wordpress plugin. I've learned how to filter a post, add txt to a post, use conditionals to see if the page is a single post as not ...
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Dynamically link to the latest post or simulate request of specific post in page template
I want to have a link in the wordpress menu pointing to the latest post of a specific category.
Because I am not able put a dynamic URL in the wordpress menu, my approach was to put a page with a ...
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add_action for saving a custom menu
Say you have custom menus enabled with your WP theme. Is there any action associated with saving a menu once you've arranged it accordingly? To further clarify: say you've arranged a menu with some ...
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How do I add a post to a menu
I'm trying to get wordpress to highlight a specific item in my menu when a post (any post) is viewed. I'm thinking that adding the post to the menu item, then suppressing display of sub-menus might ...
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How to highlight the current page in the nav menu?
I'm customizing a WordPress theme for my school, and I'm a bit annoyed by the fact that the current page in the nav menu is not indicated.
For example:
You can clearly see that I'm hovering over a ...
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How to gain access to each menu item in wordpress?
I have some menu items in a menu at location "main-menu".
By using wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'main-menu' ) ); , i get all the 13 items in a div.
Now i just need to show 10 menu ...
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Create a formatted table-like menu
I've just put the site up a couple weeks ago and adding some more things to it for my friend however there's got to be an easier way to lay content out over wordpress. I've having a hard time with it ...
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Add a custom walkter to a menu created in a widget
I know how to add a Walker to a custom menu created by the theme (menu named primary in this example), but how can I target a menu thats created in a widget with the default wordpress custom menu ...
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What Defines What Category A Post Picks (if in multiple)
If I have a post in multiple categories, what defines what category shows up in the URL? Assuming I have permalinks setup as /%category%/%postname% is it the ID or the name?
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Dynamically exclude menu items from wp_nav_menu
I tried looking for info about how to exclude/remove nav menu items from custom menus, and the only thread I found did not have any answers that were useful to me.
1. Background:
I put together a ...
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What's the easiest way to duplicate an entire navigation menu?
What's the easiest way to duplicate an entire navigation menu? I don't care if it involves SQL commands or whatnot. I just have some really big menus that I'd like to duplicate. Didn't see a plugin to ...
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WP_nav_menu fallback not working
I just realized the fallback doesn't work for my project when a custom menu doesn't exist. I can't figure out what I am missing. Here is the code that displays the nav menu:
$menu = wp_nav_menu(
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Whats the difference between current_page_item and current-menu-item
Whats the difference between current_page_item and current-menu-item when using Custom Menus
.current_page_item{} // Class for Current Page
.current-cat{} // Class for Current Category
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Organizing by super-categories (or nested categories)?
Suppose I want to blog about three somewhat unrelated main topics: Money, Languages, and Information-Technology on the same blog. How should I organize things for the best user experience? How does ...
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How to fix strange 500 Error after Editing Menu?
I have strange situation which just started which I seem to be unable to resolved. I am not sure what this might be related to but I think I remember reading somewhere that this has happened to ...
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Renaming Menu Item within Admin Menu Section for a Custom Post Type?
I have a feeling this is a bug.
When you create a new custom post type it does not seem possible to modify the first submenu item text. I am referring to the link which allows you to view the post ...
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Make compatible custom menu widget for Twitter Bootstrap
If I configure wp_nav_menu function, I can put the "items_wrap" option to achieve a nice navigation given by Twitter Bootstrap, thus: <ul class="nav nav-pills">%3$s</ul>. But, how to ...
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How to change menu according to the language?
I want to change primary menu according to the language of the user. I have reviewed multi language plugins such as WPML and qTranslate. They have lots of features but what I want is much simpler than ...
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How to use a WordPress' existing admin icon?
I use the add_menu_page function to add an new admin menu:
add_menu_page(
'Custom_menu',
'Custom_menu',
'edit_posts',
'custom_slug',
'',
'wordpress_existing_icon',
5
);
...
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Best practices: Custom theme sidebar menu - hardcode or widget?
Is it best to hardcode a sidebar menu using functions.php or sidebar.php OR use the custom menu widget? Are there times when each is appropriate?
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Menu highlight custom post type archive
I am a WP beginner and hope if anyone can help me out.
I have recently installed WP 3.3.2 and Jigoshop 1.2 to see how things works if I can use WP as an ecommerce website.
The problem I am facing at ...
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Add meta data to the menu
I encountered this problem what i thought to be one of the worlds simpliest things, I wanted to add a subtitle to the menu somethin alike this http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7816/unled10b.png . Then i ...
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Add column to pages table
Hey all i am trying to find the section within the edit.php page where it populates the table with all my current pages. What i want to do is add another colum to the table in order to launch a side ...
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How do I highlight the menu for a child page?
EDIT: This used to be
How do I force a page to be
is_archive == true?
I was trying to solve the wrong problem. Instead of forcing the post/page to have a particular attribute, I should have ...
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Accesibility problems with dropdown menus in twentyten theme or others
Some time ago I discovered that dropdown menus that do have clickable links on parent nodes are confusing for the users.
Often they are not seeing that they can click on the parent, they just assume ...
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adding .current* tags to custom post types and taxonomies
TwentyTen adds some classes to custom menus, for instance:
#access #menu-item-262.current-menu-item, #access #menu-item-262.current-menu-ancestor
All the top-level links in my primary navigation ...
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BuddyPress - How to add logout in nav menu
How to add a logout option to the main nav menu (not to the top bar) in BuddyPress?
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Using Image Links in Wordpress Navigation Menus Instead Of Text Links
Does wordpress support the capability to use images in the navigation menus instead of text links? I searched for this capability and found a site that shows how to include images in the menu through ...
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How to manually add an item to a submenu in a menu generated by wp_nav_menu?
Hey. I've been trying to figure this out for a long time but can't seem to crack it.
I have created a menu using Wordpress 3 menu editor and it's all fine and working.
But I want to manually add an ...
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wordpress custom post type remove duplicate menu item
I've registered a new content type with following -
register_post_type('news', array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'News'),
'singular_name' => __( 'News'),
...
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Where to update the Static Pages Blacklist for Multisite Install?
Where in the menu system is the link to this blacklist?
As referenced in the codex https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration
Also note that the blog prefix is not used for ...
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Change the_title() of a page dynamically
I'm developing a plugin that doesn't use a custom post type, but separate database tables.
It's a plugin that displays a list of courses with links that lead to the different course detail pages, ...
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How can I access the “description” of a menu item?
Where you can add your menu in under appearance > menus, I have descriptions in. In my page, I want to be able to echo out that description. Not in the menu, but in my page. How can I access this ...
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Problem with registering menus - What to do when other solutions aren't working?
I'm not able to get nav menus to register - and I'm not sure what else to try when posted solutions are not working?
I've tried the solution in this post: register_nav_menus() won't register ...
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Add Submenu Link in add_submenu_page That Opens in a New Window
How can I add a sub menu link using add_submenu_page that will open a new window (target="_blank") instead of opening in the current one (default behavior)?
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wp_nav_menu show 1 item only
I was reading Wordpress documentation and also trying to find some clear example of how to do this but I couldn't, sorry if this is posted elsewhere but I did my best trying to find an answer before ...
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Put a wp_nav_menu inside another one
I've got two wp_nav_menu's defined - main and sub. The backend menu editor lets me add pages or categories or custom links to my menu, and I can place them under existing pages/categories/links.
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Automatically add a page to menu
I write a lot of content on a daily basis, and I have a lot of menus, submenus etc. I don't want to use the menu gui each time I create a new page/article.
Is there any plugin or way of automatically ...
