current_page_item and custom post type?
You should use wordpress’s built in menu manager for this, along with a specific template file for listing the custom post types (for instance template-literature.php).
navigation
Advanced Multi Tier Navigation across columns
Took a decent amount of tinkering, but I came up with something workable based around absolute positioning, I did not apply any hover actions, those should be relatively easy for you to do (don’t forget to z-index). Here’s the CSS I would use: #m { list-style: none; } #m > li { padding: 15px; float: … Read more
Creating a custom menu with images as each link
There are a few ways to have images as them menu links. Since you already have the wp_nav feature I’d suggest using it to add your images. Here is a quick way to do it: Step One Add a new custom nav menu: Step 2 Add a temporary page and upload the image for the … Read more
first_post_link and last_post_link? [duplicate]
I solved this by using get_posts(). Credit goes to Reddit user milomilo.
How can I set the first link in my nav menu to simply be a drop-down to some other pages
Use the wordpress Menus under Appereance -> Menu and wp_nav_menu instead of wp_list_pages in your theme. If your theme is recent, changes are that you are using it now. Under Appereance -> Menu Create a menu, label il “Site menu” Create a custom link About, and assign it # as destination link Drag and drop … Read more
Removing the advanced menu properties
This is a core function in wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php. You can either hide the items with CSS or use the myEASYhider plugin here. IIRC, in order to actually override core functions, it must be done from a plugin rather than functions.php, so either way you’ll be using a plugin that could potentially be turned off by the … Read more
Typing local WordPress URL works, but clicking the same link does not
Check the page’s source via your browser. And see if the links have a different “href=xxx” URL from the anchor text. It’s the only explanation unless your pages also have JS that rewrites the URLs on load or in the onclick event.
How can I hide the TOP Navigation menu if users are not logged in [duplicate]
You can check if user logged in by calling is_user_logged_in function. Modify your menu rendering call like this: <?php if ( is_user_logged_id() ) : ?> <!– above html related to menu is going here –> <?php // wp_nav_menu call … ?> <!– below html related to menu is going here –> <?php endif; ?>
Nav Menu Display
Register your menus in functions.php like so: if ( function_exists( ‘register_nav_menus’ ) ) { register_nav_menus( array( ‘my_main_menu’ => ‘Main Menu: description’, ‘my_sub_menu’ => ‘Sub Menu: description’, ‘my_footer_menu’ => ‘Footer Menu: description’ ) ); } Add the menu to the template like so: <?php wp_nav_menu( array( ‘sort_column’ => ‘menu_order’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘my_main_menu’, ‘container_class’ => ‘main-menu’ ) … Read more
How to get wordpress navigation to work
Try this instead: wp_nav_menu( array(‘menu’ => ‘Main menu’ )); Make sure you have a menu called ‘Main menu’