Title: Nav Menu Manager Author: Robert Noakes Published: ଜୁଲାଈ 14, 2016 Last modified: ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 25, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/noakes-menu-manager/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2409381) ![](https://ps.w.org/noakes-menu-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2409381) # Nav Menu Manager By [Robert Noakes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rnoakes3rd/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/noakes-menu-manager.3.2.7.1.zip) * [Details](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/noakes-menu-manager/#description) * [Reviews](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/noakes-menu-manager/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/noakes-menu-manager/#installation) * [Development](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/noakes-menu-manager/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/) ## Description Simplifies nav menu maintenance and functionality providing more control over nav menus with less coding. #### Nav Menus * Easily register nav menus via the WordPress admin * Fail-safe code helps add a layer of protection to the theme * Disable already registered nav menus that won’t be used on the site * **wp_nav_menu** and shortcode generator for quick theme and content implementation * Improved nav menu sidebar widget for better widgetized menus #### Nav Menu Items * Add a global active class for all active nav menu items * Exclude default ID attributes from all nav menu items * Custom fields on nav menu items for ID, query string and/or hash * For collapse/expand functionality, install [Nav Menu Collapse](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nav-menu-collapse/) **[View the Knowledge Base »](https://noakesplugins.com/kb/noakes-menu-manager/)** ## Screenshots * [[ * Plugin settings * [[ * Code generator * [[ * Nav menu item custom fields * [[ * Improved nav menu widget ## Installation #### From Your WordPress Dashboard 1. Log into the WordPress admin 2. Go to **Plugins > Add New** 3. Search for **Nav Menu Manager** 4. Click **Install Now** for the “Nav Menu Manager” plugin 5. Click **Activate** #### From WordPress.org 1. Download the plugin 2. Log into the WordPress admin 3. Go to **Plugins > Add New** 4. Click **Upload Plugin** 5. Click **Browse** and select the downloaded ZIP file 6. Click **Install Now** 7. Click **Activate Plugin** #### Via File Transfer 1. Download the plugin 2. Extract the ZIP file 3. Upload the contents of the ZIP file to **wp-content/plugins/** 4. Log into the WordPress admin 5. Go to **Plugins** 6. Click **Activate** under “Nav Menu Manager” #### What’s Next? Once the plugin is active, simply visit **Settings > Nav Menu Manager** and enable the settings appropriate for this site. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b37f8fdac51015b683bbae88de4f4d04aec652003662fa192272649d054976ab? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Solution That Works Well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-solution-that-works-well/)󠁿 [Clayton Chase](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claytonchase/) ସେପ୍ଟେମ୍ବର 24, 2021 1 reply Just the plugin I needed for adding a custom menu to my website. Thank you much! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c616fae6231e3f921846daeeae2a221063f1db7e3e6de2cd6399c12d8dcabbb3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Flexible use of menus](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flexible-use-of-menus/)󠁿 [ugotta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ugotta/) ଅଗଷ୍ଟ 8, 2021 1 reply Menus can be easily styled ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0126b5f07cf40c26788c96959250b853bfacfbabd694b8f2d7ca0b715bf7bd0c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saved my life…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saved-my-life-57/)󠁿 [contactovisualpt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/contactovisualpt/) ଏପ୍ରିଲ 3, 2020 1 reply With a menu of 140+ items to build, I was going crazy dragging items around. This plugin saved my life simplifying the process with the collapse option. Thank you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56b872d5a68960750364e42f20e35ad27fa1d2cb2ca5a489efeb0d5ec5723326? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Congratulations](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/congratulations-35/)󠁿 [erickm33](https://profiles.wordpress.org/erickm33/) ଫେବୃୟାରୀ 24, 2017 7 replies Muy util el plugins para facilitar el llamado de menus sin tocar el core de wordpress. Felicidades. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b946b6501a6f75c785688cb767491d4476dda233258f1ae43288f0e3d1ae569? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Work very well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-215/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yamenshahin/) ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 27, 2016 1 reply Nice plugin [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Nav Menu Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Robert Noakes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rnoakes3rd/) [Translate “Nav Menu Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/noakes-menu-manager) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/noakes-menu-manager/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/noakes-menu-manager/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/noakes-menu-manager/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/noakes-menu-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.2.7.1 * Maintenance release #### 3.2.7 * Fixed: Repeatable nav menus issue #### 3.2.6 * Fixed: Plugin vulnderability * Improved: Plugin security * Verified: Functionality for WordPress 6.8 #### 3.2.5 * Verified: Functionality for WordPress 6.7 #### 3.2.4 * Verified: Functionality for WordPress 6.5 #### 3.2.3 * Verified: Functionality for WordPress 6.2 #### 3.2.2 * Updated: Third-party scripts * Fixed: Repeatable field indexing issue * Improved: Query arguments * Improved: jQuery selectors * Removed: PHP_INT_MAX fallback #### 3.2.1 * Improved: Asset generation #### 3.2.0 * Added: Form data validation #### 3.1.0 * Added: ID & CSS class(es) fields for nav menu item links * Added: Support back to WordPress 5.0.* * Improved: AJAX handling #### 3.0.3 * Added: AJAX capability checks * Improved: AJAX buttons * Improved: Knowledge base * Improved: Option storage and retrieval * Removed: Unneeded secondary tab functionality * Removed: Deprecated jQuery functionality #### 3.0.2 * Added: Filter hook for active classes * Added: Help tabs and knowledge base * Improved: Admin URLs throughout #### 3.0.1 * Fixed: Missing nav menu widget args #### 3.0.0 * Improved: Complete plugin overhaul _Check changelog.txt for changes to earlier versions of the plugin._ ## Meta * Version **3.2.7.1** * Last updated **6 months ago** * Active installations **900+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/noakes-menu-manager/) * Tags * [active](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/active/)[code](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/) [convenient](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/convenient/)[custom](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom/) [disable](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/) * [Advanced View](https://ory.wordpress.org/plugins/noakes-menu-manager/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/noakes-menu-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Robert Noakes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rnoakes3rd/) ## Support Got something to say? 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