auto update to 4.5.3 strips menu items

  • Just to say, auto update to 4.5.3 strips out menu items that have no link. I use these as ‘placeholders’ for drop down menus, so clicking menu item only opens drop down list, does not navigate to a page etc. a la bootstrap.

    Simple solution add # , eg https://# to empty/placeholder menu items.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Interesting, how were you able to create those menu items before?

    For context, we’ve been suggesting that folks create empty menu items as a custom link with just # as the URL for years, ever since the custom menu system was introduced.

    Thread Starter redsalmon

    (@redsalmon)

    Actually I probably did have https://# or # as URL before . That’s my usual practice. The update strip happened on 2 (almost exact) copies of the same install, one on remote server, one on local, so it was definitely the upgrade caused issues.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Very odd, it didn’t do that any of my sites using the same method. ??

    What’s the name of the theme?

    Thread Starter redsalmon

    (@redsalmon)

    Base theme: flat bootstrap https://en-gb.www.ads-software.com/themes/flat-bootstrap/

    Child : https://xtremelysocial.com/wordpress/developer/

    As far as i understand theme converts standard front-end wordpress menu display code to standard bootstrap display code. But I don’t see how that would affect menu admin input/output or database storage.

    thanks for your interest . I’ve got a couple of other sites using same theme/child that I manually update, if similar shenanigans there i’ll come back and report; otherwise i take it as further proof that coding just aint as logical as we believe it to be ..

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Ah yes, please do let us know if the other sites have the same problem.

    I don’t have enough time to test against the theme today, but I will try as soon as I can, and it will help to know if your other sites run into the same issue.

    I am using twenty thirteen theme w child and I have the same problem.
    Any fix out there yet?

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