How to Create, Manage and Optimize Menus in WordPress: A Detailed How-to Guide

Creating menus is a WordPress feature. It is possible to use your theme to display menus. Let's take a look at it together!

Creating menus

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.

2. Go toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.

3. InputMenu NameThe

4. (Optional) If you want to automatically add the top-level page to the menu, check theAutomatically add pagesThe

5. (Optional) CheckShow position. This is where the menu is displayed on the website.

6. Click"Create menu"The

Delete menu

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.

2. Go toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.

3. ClickDelete menu. The system displays a confirmation message.

4. Click"OK."The

Creating multiple menus

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.

2. Go toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.

3. ClickCreate new menuThe

Adding pages to the menu

To create a menu before adding a page.

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.

2. Go toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.

3. InAdd menu itemUnder the panel, expandweb pageThe

4. Select the page you want to insert and click the"Add to menu". The selected item will be displayed on the right.

5. Click"Save menu"The

The position of the menu items can be changed by dragging and dropping.

Delete page from menu

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress Dashboard .
2. switch toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.
3. click (using a mouse or other pointing device)"Batch selection". The menu item list will display checkboxes.

4. Check the menu items (pages) to be deleted. Displays a list of selected deleted items.

5. Click"Delete selected items"The

Creating submenus

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.
2. switch toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.
3. Drag and drop an item so that it is placed slightly indented below the parent item.

4. Click"Save menu"The

Adding customized links to the menu

External URLs, anchor links and placeholder links can be added using the custom linking options.

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.
2. switch toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.
3. existAdd menu itemUnder the panel, expandCustomized linksThe

4. Enter the following:

URL - The link that opens when clicked.

link text- The text that should appear on the menu.

5. Click"Add to menu"The

6. Click"Save menu"The

Adding blog categories to the menu

You can specify a blog archive category from Categories.

1. Log in to WP Admin.
2. switch toAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.
3. existAdd menu itemUnder the panel, expandformThe

4. Select the desired category.

5. Click"Add to menu"The

6. Click"Save changes"The

Manage menu locations

The theme can support multiple menu locations. This means that multiple menus can be created and assigned to different locations on the site.

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.
2. go intoAppearance > Menu. DisplayMenu Page.
3. click (using a mouse or other pointing device)"Management position"The
   
4. Assign the menu to theTopic LocationThe different locations that appear under the
   

The number of positions can vary depending on the theme used.

5. Click"Save changes"The

View Menu

In those order:

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.
2. Hover over the site name. 
   
3. click (using a mouse or other pointing device)"Visit the website"The

Your site shows the available menus.