[Support request] Main Navigation Menu Question

[Luke]

I’d like to change a few things in my Navigation menu quickly.

First I’d like to create Categories so that visitors could quickly find different posts on my blog.
Secondly I’d like to create a drop-down for all “disclaimers” on my blog: Privacy, Affiliate Disclosure, Health Disclaimer so I would have all disclaimers in one place.

What’s the best way to implement these changes?

[Fernando]

Hi Luke,

If you’re looking to set up categories for your posts, this article might be helpful: https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/use-categories/#:~:text=To%20create%20new%20categories%20in,then%20press%20Add%20New%20Category.

With regards to adding Categories as Menu Items, you should be able to do it through Appearance > Menus.

For example: https://share.getcloudapp.com/QwuLBxAW

With regards to creating a Parent Menu item which would hold sub-menu items, you can create a custom link with URL set to #.

Example: https://share.getcloudapp.com/5zuLbW9z

Then after adding this Menu item, kindly add the actual pages you wish to add as sub-menu items as well.

Now, drag the sub-menu items so that it would be under the “Disclaimers” menu item as such: https://share.getcloudapp.com/12ugQ90N

This article would also be helpful regarding this: https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-add-navigation-menu-in-wordpress-beginners-guide/

Hope this clarifies. Feel free to reach out if further assistance is needed. 🙂

[Luke]

Ok, thanks. But can you tell me how to add a new Page to my Navigation menu? For example I need a new Page called Categories and a new page called Disclaimers. Then I will need to create a drop-down for Categories and for Disclaimers.

[Fernando]

Hi Luke,

Here is a short screen recording I made which you can follow to create these menu items: https://share.getcloudapp.com/JruOmAdv

If you wish to create an actual Page instead of a custom link, you may do so through Pages > Add New.

Hope this clarifies. Feel free to reach out if further assistance is needed. 🙂

[Luke]

Thanks a lot. This video was very helpful. One last thing. I have already created the Categories tab. However I would like to change the name of certain categories. For example the category Life I would like to change to Miscelleaneous; Best Quotes About Life to Quotes; Manifesting Abundance to Manifesting; and Yoga Meditation to Yoga.

What is the best way to do it?

[Fernando]

You may modify Categories by going to Posts > Categories in your admin dashboard as such: https://share.getcloudapp.com/P8u1DdAJ

Hope this clarifies. 🙂

[Luke]

It worked. Thanks for helping me out!

[Fernando]

You’re welcome Luke! Glad to be of assistance! Feel free to reach out anytime you’ll need assistance with anything else. 🙂

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