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Conditional menus
11 replies · Started by Stew on June 26, 2018
Hi,
I want to have some conditional menus (menus on specific pages), unfortunately the plugins that do this are all very much out of date. I've found some PHP, I just want to know what I need to change. Here is a reference to what I'm talking about: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7816282/wordpress-specific-menus-for-specific-page
I'd like to know what I need to put in there for wp_nav to get it to identify the nav menu properly so it can change it.
Here is some code for beaver builder to change menus on specific pages:
// Conditionally change menus
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'bb_wp_nav_menu_args' );
function bb_wp_nav_menu_args( $args = '' ) {
// change the menu in the Header menu position
if( $args['theme_location'] == 'header' && is_page('1159') ) {
$args['menu'] = '32'; // 32 is the ID of the menu we want to use here
}
return $args;
}
Hi there,
Have you tried this one here?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/if-menu/
It's the one we usually suggest and it looks like it's up to date.
Let me know :)
I would like to do it without a plugin, that also doesn't seem to have specific page selections. Mainly seems to have to do with user roles
Hi Stew,
I'm not sure if that code will work - I'm not seeing it on the stackoverflow page you linked to?
If it does, you'll need to update the theme_location value from header to primary.
Then you'll need to make sure the is_page() condition is true (is that the page ID?), and the menu ID is correct.
That code was taken from another site (https://beyondbeaver.com/wordpress-different-main-menu-on-different-pages/) it was just another example.
So the code should be, replacing the placeholder text with the true IDs. I feel like that probably won't work because the bb_nav_menu seems to be specific to beaver builder, which I'm not using.
// Conditionally change menus
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'bb_wp_nav_menu_args' );
function bb_wp_nav_menu_args( $args = '' ) {
// change the menu in the Header menu position
if( $args['theme_location'] == 'primary' && is_page('page id here') ) {
$args['menu'] = 'menu id here';
}
return $args;
}In theory that should work.
bb_wp_nav_menu_args is just the function name - you can make that whatever you like.
Edit: operator error
I have it working by using the above code
Awesome :)
Hi
Is it possible to customize this function for:
Off canvas panel;
Secondary navigation;
Sure, in that code, find this:
$args['theme_location'] == 'primary'
For the secondary nav, you'd do this:
$args['theme_location'] == 'secondary'
For the off canvas panel, you'd do this:
$args['theme_location'] == 'slideout'
Hi, sorry for re-open. This code works but only for first ID. I need more ID´s of page and i need specific category also. How I updated code?
// Conditionally change menus
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'bb_wp_nav_menu_args' );
function bb_wp_nav_menu_args( $args = '' ) {
// change the menu in the Header menu position
if( $args['theme_location'] == 'primary' && is_page('14901,15068,15058,15060,15062,15066,15064,15070,15072,15056,14916,15074,15076') ) {
$args['menu'] = '756';
}
return $args;
}Hi Jan,
Can you open up a new topic?
We'll make sure to address you there. Thanks.
