{"id":645,"date":"2026-01-22T23:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/docs\/site-setup\/create-edit-wordpress-menus\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:41:18","slug":"create-edit-wordpress-menus","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/docs\/site-setup\/create-edit-wordpress-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"Create &#038; Edit WordPress Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"645\" class=\"elementor elementor-645\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4398336 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4398336\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ecc84c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ecc84c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"bb-menu\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzAzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZG9jcy50cmVldGhlbWVzLmNvbVwvYnJhbmRiZXJyeVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzJcLzIwMjZcLzAxXC9iYi1tZW51LmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2052\" height=\"1263\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-703\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu.jpg 2052w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-2048x1261.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2052px) 100vw, 2052px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbbca71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbbca71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress menus allow you to control your website navigation, including links to pages, custom links, categories, and custom post types. <strong>Brandberry<\/strong> fully supports the default WordPress menu system.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Accessing the Menu Editor<\/h3><p>To create or edit menus, go to:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Appearance \u2192 Menus<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p>If you do not have any menus yet, WordPress will prompt you to create one.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Creating a New Menu<\/h3><ol><li>Go to <strong>Appearance \u2192 Menus<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Create a new menu<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Enter a menu name (for example: Main Menu).<\/li><li>Click <strong>Create Menu<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594c35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"594c35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Adding Items to a Menu<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c80cd1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c80cd1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"bb-menu\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzAzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZG9jcy50cmVldGhlbWVzLmNvbVwvYnJhbmRiZXJyeVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzJcLzIwMjZcLzAxXC9iYi1tZW51LmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2052\" height=\"1263\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-703\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu.jpg 2052w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/bb-menu-2048x1261.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2052px) 100vw, 2052px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-182df62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"182df62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can add different types of items to your menu:<\/p><ul><li>Pages<\/li><li>Posts<\/li><li>Custom Post Types<\/li><li>Categories<\/li><li>Custom Links<\/li><\/ul><p>Select the items you want, click <strong>Add to Menu<\/strong>, and arrange them using drag and drop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0131043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0131043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Menu Structure<\/h3><p>Menus support multiple levels. You can create dropdown menus by dragging menu items<br \/>slightly to the right under a parent item.<\/p><p>This allows you to build structured navigation menus with submenus.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Menu Locations<\/h3><p>Brandberry includes predefined menu locations that can be assigned to your menus.<\/p><p>To assign a menu location:<\/p><ol><li>Scroll to the <strong>Menu Settings<\/strong> section.<\/li><li>Select the desired <strong>Display Location<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Save Menu<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><p>Once assigned, the menu will appear automatically in the corresponding theme area (such as the header or footer).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa70d78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa70d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Using Menus with Elementor<\/h3><p>If you are building custom headers using Elementor and our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/docs\/site-setup\/logo-and-header-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Header Theme Builder<\/a> , you can display WordPress menus using <strong>Nav Menu<\/strong> widgets. This widget automatically pull menus created in the WordPress menu editor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4054cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4054cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"nav-menu\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjkwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZG9jcy50cmVldGhlbWVzLmNvbVwvYnJhbmRiZXJyeVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzJcLzIwMjZcLzAxXC9uYXYtbWVudS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2052\" height=\"1263\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-690\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu.jpg 2052w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-2048x1261.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2052px) 100vw, 2052px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e0c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74e0c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Best Practices<\/h3><ul><li>Keep menu structure simple and easy to navigate<\/li><li>Use clear and descriptive menu labels<\/li><li>Avoid adding too many menu levels<\/li><li>Always save your menu after making changes<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dec9f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dec9f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Brandberry Mega Menus<\/h3><p>If you are building custom headers using Elementor and our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/docs\/site-setup\/logo-and-header-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Header Theme Builder<\/a> , you can display WordPress menus using <strong>Nav Menu<\/strong> widgets. This widget automatically pull menus created in the WordPress menu editor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5019ead elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5019ead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"nav-menu\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjkwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZG9jcy50cmVldGhlbWVzLmNvbVwvYnJhbmRiZXJyeVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzJcLzIwMjZcLzAxXC9uYXYtbWVudS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2052\" height=\"1263\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-690\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu.jpg 2052w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/docs.treethemes.com\/brandberry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/nav-menu-2048x1261.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2052px) 100vw, 2052px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress menus allow you to control your website navigation, including links to pages, custom links, categories, and custom post types. 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