WordPress Menu Best Practices and Policies

Summary 

 

 Use Mega Menu (under Appearance) 

 Keep menu item names concise 

 Keep formatting consistent 

 WordPress Support: Custom Menus 

 For more in-depth reading, visit our Third Party Plugin Documentation page and click on Max Mega Menu. 

 

 Instructions 

 

 Navigate to your menu: Dashboard > Appearance > Menus 

 Create a new Menu 

 Select a menu to edit: Mega Menu (Primary Menu) 

 To add categories use the Pages, Posts, Custom Links, and Categories tabs listed on the left side of screen 

 

 If you'd like to directly link to one of the above that you've already created (i.e., a post or page) you can do so using those tabs 

 If you'd like to create a drop down category use the Custom Links option 

 

 For URL insert mlml.sjsu.edu - you can delete the URL link once it's added to the menu 

 Insert desired title of category in Link Text 

 Add to Menu 

 Click drop down arrow on newly created category and delete the URL linked 

 

 

 

 

 For Drop Down Menus where you'd like to add subcategories with links or links to other pages: 

 

 Hover over the main menu category you'd like to create a drop down for  

 Select Mega Menu button that appears in blue 

 For "Sub menu display mode" choose " Mega Menu - Standard Layout " 

 Select a Widget to add to the panel: " Layout Builder " 

 2 columns 

 

 

 To edit the Layout Builder in drop down menu: 

 

 Select the wrench on the right hand side of Layout Builder widget 

 Select Open Builder 

 Add desired number of rows with desired number of columns 

 

 The number of columns can be useful to place subcategories directly under the portion of the drop down menu that you want (i.e., more towards the right side of the menu, left side or middle) 

 

 

 Add a SiteOrigin Editor widget to make a list of Pages that you'd like to link to 

 

 

 

 Visual Instructions 

 Appearance > Menus > Mega Menu (Primary Menu) 

 

 Hover over the menu you want to modify and click the blue Mega Menu icon: 

 

 Use Layout Builder. Click the Wrench icon on the right to edit 

 

 Open Builder: 

 

 Here you have the standard Page Builder interface where you can add rows, columns, and widgets to create menu items.