Each week, I meet with business owners over a cup of tea and discuss things they are having trouble with on their websites. Editing the menu in WordPress has come up a few times, so I thought I’d share it with you. So, people create a page, but then it doesn’t show up in the menu on the top of the site. There’s a quick little step you have to take to add the page to the menu in most cases.
I’ve put together a quick tutorial showing the steps to editing your menu in WordPress.
How to Add Pages to Your WordPress Menu
- Log into your WordPress dashboard by going to yourdomain.com/wp-admin and entering your username and password.
- Navigate to Appearance → Menus in the left sidebar of your dashboard.
- Select the menu you want to edit from the dropdown at the top of the page. If you haven’t created a menu yet, click “create a new menu” and give it a name.
- Find the pages you want to add in the left panel. You’ll see a list of your published pages with checkboxes next to them.
- Check the boxes next to the pages you want to add to your menu.
- Click “Add to Menu” and your selected pages will appear in the menu structure on the right.
- Arrange your menu items by dragging and dropping them into your preferred order. You can also create dropdown submenus by dragging items slightly to the right beneath a parent item.
- Save your menu by clicking the “Save Menu” button.
- Make sure your menu is assigned to the correct location. At the bottom of the menu editor, check the box for “Primary Menu” or “Header Menu” (depending on your theme).
I hope you like this tutorial about editing the menu in WordPress and that it helps you in your quest to confidently edit your own website.
If you have questions about any of this, please come join us for one of our tech tea parties. We meet every week and answer questions live on the call. We’re a friendly group and have quite a loyal following.
I hope you can come. We love making friends.