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📌 Primary Menu

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Adding a Primary Menu to your site’s header helps visitors easily navigate your pages—whether it’s your homepage, shop, blog, or contact form. Follow this step-by-step guide to create and assign a primary menu in WordPress.

🧭 Step 1: Go to the Menus Section #

From your WordPress dashboard, head over to:

Appearance → Menus

This is where you’ll manage all your navigation menus.

➕ Step 2: Create a New Menu #

If you haven’t created a menu yet:

  1. Click “create a new menu”.
  2. Enter a name like “Primary Menu”.
  3. Click the Create Menu button.

This will open up the structure editor for your new menu.

🧱 Step 3: Add Menu Items #

You’ll now see a list of available pages under the Pages panel.

  1. Click the View All tab to see all your pages.
  2. Check the boxes next to the pages you want to include.
  3. Click the Add to Menu button.

Your selected pages will appear in the Menu Structure panel.

🔀 Step 4: Organize Your Menu #

You can:

  • Drag and drop to reorder items.
  • Nest items to create dropdowns (submenus).

Arrange your links however you want them to appear in the header.

📍 Step 5: Set Display Location to “Primary Menu” #

Scroll down to Menu Settings. Under Display location, check the box labeled Primary Menu.

This tells WordPress to show this menu in the header area of your theme.

💾 Step 6: Save the Menu #

Don’t forget to click the Save Menu button to apply your changes.

You should now see your navigation menu live in the header of your website!

📚 Need More Help? #

Explore the full WordPress Menu User Guide for more details on using custom links, categories, and menu organization.