Creating Dynamic Navigation: A Guide to WordPress Menus

The menu is a user-friendly navigation tool on a WordPress website, usually a horizontal menu that contains links to the homepage, emails, contacts, or pages. It is usually installed after the content management system is installed, providing links to the top level of the site.

a) Define the WordPress menu

b) How to add Menu Items

1. First, find the pane entitled pages.

2. Then, select the “View All” link to see a list of all recently published pages on the WordPress site.

3. After that, add pages by clicking the checkbox corresponding to each page title, then click the “Add to Menu” button at the bottom of this page.

4. Finally, click the “Save Menu” button to save the new custom menu.

c) How to delete a Menu Item

1. First, find the menu items that we want to delete in the menu editor window.

2. Then, click the arrow icon at the top right corner of the menu item.

3. After that, click the “Remove” button to remove it.

4. Finally, click the “Save Menu” button to save the changes.

e) How to creating Multi-Level Menus

1. First, move the cursor over the “child” menu item.

2. Then, drag it to the right while holding the left button of the mouse before releasing the mouse button.

3. After that, repeat all these items for every sub-menu item.

4. Finally, click the “Save Menu” button in the Menu Editor to save changes.

f) How to add custom links to the Menu

1. First, click on the Custom Links button in the menu’s left column.

2. Then, add a URL and the Link Text to it.

3. Finally, click the “Add to Menu” button to add a link.

g) How to link to category pages or tags

1. First, click the Categories tab in the left-side column.

2. Then, select one tab that should appear in the menu.

3. Finally, click the “Add to Menu” button to add a category or tab.

h) How to add a social menu

1. First, click the “Create a new menu” link.

2. Then, input the name of the menu and click the Create Menu button.

3. After that, check the bottom of the “Social Links” menu box and use the Custom Links tab to add links to the social media menu.

4. Finally, click the “Add to Menu” button to add a social menu.