{"id":24,"date":"2021-06-23T07:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T07:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/add-menu-items\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:26","slug":"add-menu-items","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/first-steps\/add-menu-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Menu Items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Adding navigation menus for UsersWP is fairly simple, as UsersWP integrates with the default WordPress menu system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t Note: This guide discusses how to add UsersWP-specific navigation on the frontend. It does not pertain to UsersWP settings menus on the backend.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/section>\n<h2>Using the Setup Wizard<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t When you first install and active UsersWP, you will be greeted by a <strong>Step Wizard. <\/strong>You have the option to add UsersWP items to the Main Menu in the penultimate step of the Wizard.<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t You may run the Setup Wizard anytime by opening <strong>Help &#8211;&gt; Setup Wizard<\/strong> from the in-context Help menu on any UsersWP page in WP admin panel.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<p>\n\t Furthermore, if you are unable to view the menus in the admin panel, you can click <strong>Screen Options<\/strong> on the top right corner and then select the UWP menu to display.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"920\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-7D7emcwM4O-1024x293-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-7D7emcwM4O-1024x293-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-7D7emcwM4O-1024x293-1-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-7D7emcwM4O-1024x293-1-768x220.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Customizing the Menus<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Alternatively, you can add new menus in the WP admin panel itself from <strong>Appearance &#8211;&gt; Menus<\/strong> page. You have the option of adding UsersWP pages as well as endpoints, as per your requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"287\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-vqhksGVqTg-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-vqhksGVqTg-1.png 287w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-vqhksGVqTg-1-117x300.png 117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t Adding menu entries for UsersWP&#8217;s content or CPTs is straightforward, primarily because it follows the same model of WordPress menus for pages and posts. If you are new to WordPress, reading the <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide\">documentation<\/a> about menus might be a good start.<\/p>\n<h2>\nAdding Smart Menus<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tYou can add smart-sense menus in UsersWP. For instance, you can choose to show the <strong>Login <\/strong>and <strong>Register <\/strong>links only to new or logged out users, and display the <strong>Logout <\/strong>and <strong>My Account <\/strong>links for logged in users only. To do this, simply select which links are shown to logged in or logged out users when adding UsersWP endpoints to menus:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"287\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-rBY9ut3AxU-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-rBY9ut3AxU-1.png 287w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/file-rBY9ut3AxU-1-117x300.png 117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding navigation menus for UsersWP is fairly simple, as UsersWP integrates with the default WordPress menu system.&nbsp; Note: This guide discusses how to add UsersWP-specific navigation on the frontend. It does not pertain to UsersWP settings menus on the backend.&nbsp; &nbsp; Using the Setup Wizard When you first install and active UsersWP, you will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[60,61,62,63],"article\/categories":[3,8],"class_list":["post-24","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-menu-items","gd_place_tags-add-menu-links","gd_place_tags-userswp-menus","gd_place_tags-add-to-menu","gd_placecategory-getting-started","gd_placecategory-first-steps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}