wp_nav_menu (secondary menu) not adding current classes

Question

I've looked everywhere, but i can't find a solution.

My secondary menu isn't adding any current classes to the

tags when it's rendered.

I have added this menu in my functions.php file

function register_menus() {
    register_nav_menus(
        array(
            'second-menu' => __( 'Second Menu' )
        )
    );
}

Then I created a menu in wordpress with the links I want to show in my Second Menu. After that I've added the menu with the function wp_nav_menu in the .php file where I want the menu to show:

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'second-menu' ) ); ?>

So far everything works. The menu is showing with the links I want it to show. All the links are working. My problem is, that the 'current' classes which WP normally adds to the menus aren't added to this menu. I've expected the classes current-menu-item or current-page-item to the

tag, but these aren't there. The only classes which WP adds to the

tag are:

• menu-item
• menu-item-type-post_type
• menu-item-object-page
• menu-item-[number]

Thanks for the help, Angelo

Answer 1

You need to assign the menu to the particular theme option from the admin end,

Orelse use this code,

wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => 'second-menu' ) );

Instead of,

wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'second-menu' ) );

This will work.

Answer 2

These don't match:

register_nav_menus(
    array(
        'second-menu' => __( 'Second Menu' )
    )
);

and

wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'producten-menu' ) )

Your 'theme_location' must match the slug passed to the register_nav_menus() array:

register_nav_menus( array( $slug => $title ) );

gets called as:

wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => $slug ) );

So try:

wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'second-menu' ) );