Some Wordpress themes support up to three custom menus which you can create in the "Menus" area of of your site's Dashboard. If you aren't sure how to do that check out the following tutorial:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/creating-custom-menus-in-wordpress

However some themes only support one custom menu so when you go to the "Menus" area, you see this in the upper left corner.

Sometimes you want to create a secondary menu that appears in your sidebar or your footer that points to specific posts or a particular category of posts or a particular author's posts. There is an easy way to do this using a widget text box and some simple HTML. When you are finished with this tutorial, you should have a menu that looks like this:

So let's get started!



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bov5413 Premium
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I just learned a new trick for adding a custom menu to a WordPress site if I need to.
Thanks for the great info!
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divazona Premium
Wow! That's great! I'm so happy you found it useful!
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dossettaaron Premium
Great info!
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divazona Premium
Thank you so much! I'm glad it helped!
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rebeccas Premium
Well done, Regina. I am impressed with the clarity done in such a way than even a non-techie like me can understand and apply.

Thanks for creating this excellent tutorial.
Rebecca
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divazona Premium
Thank you, Rebecca! I was hoping that it would be easy to follow for the non-techie folk. But you need to give yourself a lot more credit, my dear! You are doing just fine!
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Hudson Premium
Good structure and content - well done,
Hudson.
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divazona Premium
Thank you so much! As I was writing it, I was worried I was getting too technical with the HTML. I'm glad it looks clear.
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bloveds Premium
This looks simple!. I did not know you could drag and drop anything other than media to upload either.
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divazona Premium
Thanks! I was going for simple! I'm so glad you found it helpful and easy to follow!
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