Edit the menus on your WordPress site

In this page you will find useful information on editing navigation menus on WordPress.  There are two “big ideas” to understand to make this easy.   First a menu is a list of links that you create.  It won’t show up until you set it to appear somewhere on the site.  It can appear in a Menu Location or a Widget

Navigation menu example
Navigation menu example

Accessing "Customizing Menus"

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Navigate to the Dashboard of your site.

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In the “Dashboard”, on the left side of the page, under the toolbar, click Appearance, then click Customize. The “Customizer” page will open.

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In the “Customizer” page, on the left side of the page, click Menus. The “Customizing Menus” menu will be displayed.

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In the “Customizing Menus”, the menu locations and menu items can be personalized.

Menu Locations

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In the “Customizing Menus”, click Menu Locations. The “Menu Locations” will be displayed. Different themes have different sets of locations where menus can appear.  Some themes have one, others have more.

Menu Displays
Menu Displays from two different WordPress themes.
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In the “Navigation” drop-down menu, select the Menu you want to appear on the site. The “Edit Menu” hyperlink will appear below the “Navigation” drop-down menu. Click Edit Menu to open the Menu Items editor.

For more information on how to edit or create WordPress menus, see “Menu Items” below.

Menu Items

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In the “Customizing Menus”, click Menu. The “Customizing Menus – [Menu name]” will be displayed.

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In the “Customizing Menus – [Menu Name]”, click the Menu field to change the name of your menu.

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To add items to the list, click +Add Items. The “Search menu items” will be displayed on the right side of the toolbar. Find the item you want to add and click its name. The “+” sign on the left side of the item will be replaced by a ticket and the item will appear at the bottom of the Menu list.

Search menu items
Search Menu items
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To delete items from the list, click the X located on the right side of the menu order.

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To reorder items, drag and drop items to move them through the list, or click Reorder to use arrows instead.

Reorder display
Reorder display

 

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To confirm changes, if you used drag and drop to reorder the menu items, click Save at the top-left side of the page. If you used the “Reorder” feature, below the Menu items, click Done.

For more information about editing WordPress menus, see WordPress Menu User Guide.


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Last modified: July 28, 2017