How to Add Navigation Menu in WordPress

How to Add Navigation Menu in WordPress

Are you wanting to add a navigation menu to your WordPress site? WordPress has a drag and drop interface that you can use to create a header menu, menu with dropdown options, and more. In this guide, we'll show you how to easily add a navigation menu in WordPress.

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For creating a menu you would want to go under Appearance, Menus in your WordPress admin dashboard. While you may have one already, we will be creating a new one for this specific tutorial.

There are many built-in options for the menu such as pages, published posts, custom links, or categories as options. The list of what you've added will be a top to bottom list but the display of the menu depends on your specific theme.

If you would like to create a dropdown menu you would drag the menu item beneath the menu item you would like it beneath and it should appear indented beneath the menu item.

Categories added in the menu area will list the posts in that specific category the same as if it was on your posts/blog page.

Custom menu items are normally for linking to your social media profiles but there are other options available depending on what you would like in your menu.

Finally, if you're interested in making a more complex menu you would want to take a look at our guide on creating a mega menu.

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8 Comments

  1. Samuel Beckley on May 11, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    video quality is strenuous to the eyes, do HD…

    • WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials on May 11, 2020 at 7:10 pm

      Thank you for your feedback

  2. Mr. B Mondal on May 11, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    How to add BlogMenu and then under it categories?

  3. Oluwatosin Obaseki on May 11, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    Is the fitness menu is clicked on, would it take me to a page despite the drop down menu beneath? If yes, how can that be prevented?

    • WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials on May 11, 2020 at 7:12 pm

      You would need to create a custom link where the url is # for that setup

  4. SrJ Guptvanshi on May 11, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    Plz give suggestions for making real estate website

  5. Let's Create Your WEBSITE on May 11, 2020 at 11:36 pm

    Always love your tutorials! Kudos ??

  6. Jay Chang on May 12, 2020 at 1:59 am

    Thanks for the tutorial. Looking forward to mega menu tut!

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