Navigation Menu

A navigation menu is how visitors move around your website. In WordPress, you build menus in one place and then assign them to a theme location — the slot in the theme where the menu appears. In Leverage, the main location is the Navbar in your header.

Create and assign a menu

1. Open the Menus screen. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance » Menus.

2. Create a new menu. Click create a new menu, give it a clear name (for example, Main Menu), and click Create Menu.

3. Add items. From the left panel, select Pages, Posts, Custom Links, or Categories, tick the items you want, and click Add to Menu. They appear in the menu structure on the right.

4. Arrange the order. Drag items up or down to reorder them. Drag an item slightly to the right to nest it as a sub-item (dropdown).

5. Assign a location. Under Menu Settings, check the Navbar location so this menu shows in your header.

6. Save. Click Save Menu to publish your changes.

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The WordPress Appearance » Menus screen showing a completed menu structure with top-level items and a nested dropdown sub-item, and the Menu Settings panel with the Navbar location checked.

Tip

You can create several menus and assign each to a different location. Only the menu checked for a given location is displayed there.

Styling the menu

Creating the menu defines what links appear and where they point. How the menu looks — its placement, spacing, colors, and typography — is controlled separately by the Header Builder, which places and styles the Navbar menu for you.

Note

To change the menu’s appearance, head to the Header Builder and adjust the Navbar’s link settings.

Related

• Header Builder
• Footer Builder — menus also power the footer’s Link List columns.