How Can I Create A Child Page or Dropdown Menu?

How Can I Create A Child Page or Dropdown Menu?

Option #1: Use Custom Menus for Greater Flexibility

Although using custom menus adds an extra step to menu management, we recommend using them for the additional flexibility.

  • Overview. Pages will no longer appear automatically on your menu. You must go to Appearance > Menus > create a menu > add the pages you want, and drag and drop to arrange. Return to add new pages to your menu later.
  • Header and Footer menus. You can now create header and footer menus. Set your header menu to "Primary". If you want a footer menu, create another menu and set it to "footer."
  • Sub-menu items and dropdowns. You can make any page a sub menu item by dragging it under another page and indenting it a bit.
  • Ordering your menus. Drag and drop menu items to re-order them.
  • Adding links to other sites. You can add external links. Use the "Link" box - add the URL, the name of the menu item, and click create.
  • Exclude pages. To exclude pages, just leave them off the menu.

Option #2: WordPress Adds Pages to Your Menu by Default

Unless you use custom menus, WordPress will by default add all your published pages to your site menu.

  • Sub-menu items and drop-downs. You can make any page a sub menu item by giving it a "Parent." When adding or editing a page, look on the far right, under the Publish box, for 'Page Attributes' setting.
  • Ordering your menus. You can order your menu items by giving each item an "order" number. When adding or editing a page, just look on the far right for the "Order" field and enter a number. ALL pages must have an order number for this to work.
  • Adding links to other sites. You CANNOT add external links unless you use custom menus - see above.
  • Exclude pages. You can exclude pages by installing a plugin exclude pages plugin. *Because third-party plugins are developed and maintained by other developers we cannot guarantee compatibility, nor can we provide support for them.
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This Post Has 10 Comments

  1. michael_h_reed

    13 May 2010

    The drop downs do not work in chrome. Firefox and IE are ok but not chrome.

  2. michael_h_reed

    13 May 2010

    The drop downs do not work in chrome. Firefox and IE are ok but not chrome.

  3. support

    18 May 2010

    Michael,

    Could you provide a link to your site so I may view this as well?

    You might check under Pages >> Edit to be sure they are published and not saved as a draft.

    Also, check this help topic to troubleshoot other reasons your drop-downs may not be showing up.

  4. support

    18 May 2010

    Michael,

    Could you provide a link to your site so I may view this as well?

    You might check under Pages >> Edit to be sure they are published and not saved as a draft.

    Also, check this help topic to troubleshoot other reasons your drop-downs may not be showing up.

  5. [email protected]

    19 Sep 2010

    How many levels down will the hierarchy go? I want a menu>submenu>submenu format and it doesn’t seem to allow me to do that unless I am missing something. On my website, I have a menu item called Session Details, under it is a list of items, one named Locations. I created a child page under Locations called Humberland Ranch but the menu display does not show it. http://blog.faisongracephotography.com

  6. [email protected]

    19 Sep 2010

    How many levels down will the hierarchy go? I want a menu>submenu>submenu format and it doesn’t seem to allow me to do that unless I am missing something. On my website, I have a menu item called Session Details, under it is a list of items, one named Locations. I created a child page under Locations called Humberland Ranch but the menu display does not show it. http://blog.faisongracephotography.com

  7. august

    10 Nov 2010

    installed wordpress and your new templates but no matter what I do I cannot get pull down menus to work. I have attached them as parents to my galleries but they do not show up. here is my url: http://www.augustmillerphoto.com any help would be appreciated. [email protected]

    1. Mark

      10 Nov 2010

      August, In Dashboard/Appearance/Menus, are you sure you have a menu selected in Theme Locations? And added your pages below that and saved the menu in the upper right corner? Mark – Photocrati Tech Support

  8. august

    10 Nov 2010

    installed wordpress and your new templates but no matter what I do I cannot get pull down menus to work. I have attached them as parents to my galleries but they do not show up. here is my url: http://www.augustmillerphoto.com any help would be appreciated. [email protected]

    1. Mark

      10 Nov 2010

      August, In Dashboard/Appearance/Menus, are you sure you have a menu selected in Theme Locations? And added your pages below that and saved the menu in the upper right corner? Mark – Photocrati Tech Support

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