Menus
In this knowledgebase article, we help you to understand WordPress Menus in depth.
We do so with curated content of select online articles, organizing and presenting them with our expert knowledge.
What are WordPress Menus?
WordPress Menus are the list of links usually displayed as the main navigation for your site.
The menu location can vary depending on your theme and some themes offer additional menus such as social links menus.
Top 10 Reference Articles
Here is our selection of 10 articles from third-party sites that provide an in-depth understanding of this important topic.
The Basics
Start with this basic article.
This is another basic article telling you about the Primary Menu.
Read the specific section, Category Pages and Menus, in this detailed article on Categories by WordPress.org.
Read this short article from WordPress.org on how to add a social links menu.
- How To Set Up the Social Links Menu
- Supported Icons
- If Your Theme Does Not Have a Social Links Menu
The In-Depth
Read this comprehensive article from WordPress.org that tells you pretty much everything there is to the topic. It is organized into the following sections:
- Create a Menu
- Add Menu Items
- Menu Display Location
- Automatically Add Pages to your Menu
- Reorder Menu Items
- Create Drop-Down Menus
- Make an Unclickable Menu Item
- Delete Menu Items
- Customize the Menu Item Text
- Customize the Menu Design
- Save your Changes
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Menus in WP Admin
- Advanced Menu Settings
This is another comprehensive article on the topic. It is organized into the following sections:
- What is a Navigation Menu?
- Creating Your First Custom Navigation Menu
- Creating Drop-Down Menus
- Adding Categories
- Adding Custom Links
- Editing or Removing a Menu Item
- Adding WordPress Menus in Sidebars and Footers
- Going Further with Navigation Menus
- FAQs
This is yet another comprehensive article on the topic, organized into the following sections:
- What is a WordPress Menu?
- How Do Menus Work?
- Types of Menus
- How to Create a Menu?
- Customizing your menu
- How to Create a Social Menu?
- Create Multi-Level Menus for your Website
- Create your Menu in Live Preview
- Creating Menus with Plugins
This is another short article on how to add social media icons to a WordPress Menu.
The Advanced
Read this in-depth article on how to change the colors and appearance of WordPress Menus.
Read this in-depth article on how to create and add custom navigation menus in WordPress, which can be displayed anywhere on your theme