[Support request] can I call a menu from shortcode

[Silvio]

Hi community,
I want to embed a menu (as a filter) at a certain place on a page. Is this possible via a shortcode?
Does anyone know maybe a plugin?

[Tom]

Hi there,

You could use this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/

Then add a menu widget to the area and call it using the shortcode.

Let me know 🙂

[Kostas]

hi Tom,
i found this thread while trying to display my Menu inside a block.
The Shortcode for some reason is not working. I have created the menu widget inside the Widget Shortcode Plugin.
I paste the shortcode [widget id=”nav_menu-8″] inside the block but the menu is not displaying.
I can’s see what’s wrong.
If you have anything in mind please throw it,
cheers!

[David]

Hi there,

have you tried the Navigation Block that came WP 5.9 – i think it has a stacked ( vertical ) orientation:

https://wordpress.org/support/article/navigation-block/

[Kostas]

hi David,
i tried the Navigation block but it doesn’t take into account the customizer styling settings. Should i style it with external CSS?

Also 2 font awesome menu item icons i have created to float right are not displaying in the frontend even though i can see them in the builder.

cheers

[David]

What Navigation is it ? The Primary or the Secondary Nav ?

[Kostas]

The Primary

[Kostas]

https://www.loom.com/share/d8c27cef959d4d288afc544a794bcef6

[David]

Its not easy to do as the nav is designed to be hooked in.
See my reply here which explains how to a) create a Shortcode that outputs a Hook and b) how to Hook the navigation into it.

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/primary-navigation-shortcode/#post-1941426

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