How to Create a Menu in WordPress Step by Step

I’ll show you how to create a menu in WordPress step by step. You will learn how to set up a basic menu and dropdown menu right in WordPress, no plugins needed and you can even easily create a drop-down menu in the WP admin dashboard. You can also customize your menu even further in the customizer, but this depends a bit on your theme’s options. And if you want pro-level menus then you need to install premium plugins (like Elementor Pro) to spice up things. Elementor Pro: https://punchsalad.com/lp/elementor-pro/ 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Create a menu in WordPress Let’s start the tutorial by creating a menu element and assigning some pages to it. You can even select multiple pages at the same time. Then just click on the “add to menu” button. This will add a really basic menu in the header section. 04:24 - Create a dropdown menu in WordPress Now if you start having too many links in the menu, you can turn one of the links into a dropdown menu in WordPress. And it’s really easy to do in WordPress just move any of the elements in the menu slightly to right and it will create a sub-item. 06:11 - Customize menu in WordPress As you’ve seen the menu looks pretty basic right now. Right? Even if you use the dropdown menu. If you want to customize the menu even more, then head to the customizer section in WordPress. Most themes support this but some premium themes might have menu customization in the theme panel. 07:48 - Check for responsive menu One more thing, you want to always double-check that your menu looks great on mobile because most people use their phones to visit websites. The cool thing is that you can do this right in your browser. Just right-click anywhere on your website, and select “inspect element”. This will open a dev tool window. There just find a mobile/tablet icon and click on it. Voila! You can now view your site in mobile view. 09:12 - Menu examples with Elementor Pro If you think your theme is not customizable enough, then you could get a plugin like an Elementor pro, which is a page builder but also has a drag & drop menu and header builder. It’s a paid tool, but you have a lot of flexibility and freedom to build a menu as you want it. Hosting I'm using: https://punchsalad.com/hostpapa/ (60% discount) Where I get my domains: namecheap.pxf.io/rorrB WP plugins I'm using: https://punchsalad.com/recommendations?utm_campaign=wpMenu&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube Some of the above links might be affiliate links.

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