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Do you want to add Navigation menus on your WordPress website? In this article, I’ll explain How to Add Navigation menus in WordPress.

What are Navigation Menus in WordPress?

Navigation menus is a theme feature in WordPress which allows a user to create custom menus in WordPress. Users can add WordPress posts, pages, categories and custom links to navigation menus using drag and drop functionality. Users can change their menu items appearance by adding custom classes.

A Navigation menu allows visitors to navigate and access your website easily. Navigation menus are easy to create and customize which makes easier to your website visitors to find the information what they are looking for.

Check this full post to know more about Navigation Menus and uses of Navigation menus in WordPress.

How to Add Navigation menus in WordPress? 

A user can create navigation menus for their blog under Appearance > Menus by logging in their WordPress dashboard.

Step 1: Creating Your First WordPress Navigation Menu

First, you need to create a menu before adding menu items.

Login to your WordPress dashboard and go to Appearance > Menus.

Now click on create a new menu option to create your first navigation menu.

Specify a menu name for your menu for example “My First Menu” and click on create menu.

That’s it your first navigation menu was created.

Step 2: Adding Menu Items to Your Navigation Menu.

Now you need to add menu items to your navigation menu from the left column which consist your website pages, posts, categories and custom links tab.

Your added menu items will be displayed in the right column which consists of menu structure and menu settings.

Here you can add pages, posts, custom links and categories to your navigation menu. Let’s check one by one briefly.

Adding Pages to Navigation Menu:

Head to pages section in the left column. Here you can see most recent, view all and search options.

Most Recent: This will display your most recent published pages.

View All: By clicking view all, you can see all your published pages in your       WordPress website.

Search: Here you can search and find any page by typing the page title.

Within this section, select pages that you want to add to the navigation menu by clicking the checkbox and click on Add to Menu option. This will add pages to your navigation menu.

Adding Posts to Navigation Menu:

Head to posts section and select the posts that you want to add to the navigation menu by clicking the checkbox and click on Add to Menu option. This will add posts to your navigation menu.

Adding Custom Links to Navigation Menu:

Custom links are the great option to add social media profiles to your WordPress navigation menu.

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Do you want to display code snippets on your WordPress development tutorial Posts?  By default, WordPress filters out the raw code that added to posts, pages or comments. In this article, I’ll explain how to display code snippets on WordPress Posts easily.

Install and Activate the Syntax Highlighter Evolved Plugin:

Syntax Highlighter Evolved Plugin allows you to add the code snippets on your WordPress website easily without losing its formatting. The plugin uses simple shortcodes to display the code snippets on your WordPress website. Especially, if you write the blog on coding, this plugin allows you to add code snippets easily on your WordPress website.

First, you need to install and activate the Syntax Highlighter Evolved Plugin.  Check this step by step guide on how to install WordPress plugins on your website.

After installing the syntax highlighter evolved plugin, navigate to Settings > Syntax Highlighter to configure the settings.

The plugin supports some smart features like

• Different color themes to highlight the code
• Display the line numbers
• Display the toolbar
• Copy/paste code
• Code wrapping
• Tab sizes
• Code title
• Starting line number (default is 1)
• Line number padding
• Tab sizes

Review all the settings and make changes as per your needs. Click on save changes in order to store the settings.

How to display code snippets on WordPress Posts?

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Creating an Archives page for your WordPress website is a great way to arrange and bring together all your content on a dedicated page. You can easily create an Archives page for WordPress website. In this article, I’ll explain how to create an Archives page for WordPress website easily.

What is WordPress Archives Page?

Archives Page is a collection of your blog posts, where you can list your posts by category, tags, author, year and month wise.

Why we need An Archives Page for WordPress Website?

Archives Page is like an index page of your website. Archives Page helps to bring together all your content on a dedicated page and helps a user to easily find any post by category, tag and author.

A user can find any post using the search form on your website. To extend this feature and to find any post by category, tag and author, every website needs to have an Archives Page.

Let’s check how to create an Archives Page for WordPress Website.

How to Create an Archives Page for WordPress Website?

The first thing you need to do is creating a page template for Archives Page. But before creating a page template for Archives Page, we need to check whether your current theme is having an Archives Page template. This will help you to decide whether we need to create an Archives Page template or simply using the existing one.

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