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Menus<\/strong> allow visitors to easily navigate through your site and find the information that they seek.<\/p>\n

You can create, edit, and remove menus on your site using the “Menus” page of the dashboard under Appearance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Menus under Appearance in the dashboard view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The menu on your site that you might most frequently be editing is the Header Menu, as its primary navigation menu, but you may create as many menus as you see fit.<\/p>\n

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Example of a primary navigation bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Creating a New Menu<\/h2>\n
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Where a new menu is created, and previously made menus are selected to be edited<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To add a menu, simply click the “create a new menu” link next to the menu selection dropdown.<\/p>\n

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Naming your newly created menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Input a name for your new menu, and then click the “Create Menu” button. You can now start adding pages to your new menu.<\/p>\n

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The full menu editor in the dashboard view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To edit a different menu, select it from the dropdown menu and click the “Select” button.<\/p>\n

Adding Menu Items<\/h2>\n

A menu item<\/strong> refers to each individual piece of a menu. A menu item can be a link to a page, post, people entry, or other type of content.<\/p>\n

To add a menu item to a menu, expand any of the dropdown menus under “Add menu items”, check the corresponding box for whichever item you want to add to your menu, and click the “Add to Menu”<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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Viewing pages in the menu items list<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the type of content you’d like to add isn’t available as a menu item, try enabling it in the Screen Options<\/a> at the top right of the page.<\/p>\n

Menu Structure and Settings<\/h2>\n
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Menu structure and setting options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can easily rearrange menu items by clicking and dragging, or by clicking its Move options when expanded.<\/p>\n

Indenting any menu item under another will turn it into a sub-item of the item above it. This will display as either a dropdown or an indentation on the live site, depending on the location of the menu.<\/p>\n

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Indented menu item in primary navigation bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can expand any menu item to access more options.<\/p>\n

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Expanded menu item<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These options include the following:<\/p>\n