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How to Add a Menu in WordPress

This is a quick step by step tutorial on how to create a menu in WordPress. It includes how to add pages, custom links and more.

WordPress Menu

First, go to Appearance / Menus.

WordPress Navigation Menu

If there is no menu created yet, you can directly add a Menu Name, pick the Display location and click on Create Menu. The display location will depend on the theme you are using. The Primary Menu location is usually available and refers to the main menu on the top of the page.

WordPress Add Page to Menu

To add a page to the menu, pick the Pages section on the left, then tick the page or pages you want to add and click on Add to Menu.

WordPress Menus

If you want to add a link to an external page, go to the Custom Links section, add the URL and the Link Text you want to show up in the menu and click on Add to Menu.

How to Add a Menu in WordPress

To finish the changes, click on Save Menu.

How to Create Menus on WordPress

To create a new menu when there are existing ones, click on create a new menu on the top of the Menus area.

How to Create a Menu in WordPress

Then go ahead and create the menu like in the example before.