Assigning secondary menu to one page

  • Hi,

    I am currently helping to build a site here: https://preview.screencult.com

    I have created a secondary menu by inputting this into functions.php:

    // This theme uses wp_nav_menu() in two locations.   

	register_nav_menus( array(
  		'primary' => __( 'Primary Navigation', 'twentyten' ),
  		'secondary' => __('Secondary Navigation', 'twentyten')
	) );

    However, I just want the secondary menu (without the primary menu) to appear on one particular page on the site. Where do I place the following code and how to add necessary conditional tags to make sure it only appears on one page?

    <?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'secondary' ) ); ?>

    Many thanks, I tried searching for the answer already so my bad if it exists somewhere else.

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  • You can use the conditional tag is_page() to check when you are on a particular page (by entering the page ID as a parameter). See here for more details:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Conditional_Tags#A_PAGE_Page

    The code you need will be something like this:

    if ( is_page('42') )
{
  if ( has_nav_menu( 'secondary' ) )
  { wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'secondary' ) ); }
}

    Here ’42’ is the page id that the menu will appear on ONLY, other pages no menu will be displayed. Also, the has_nav_menu will check that the ‘secondary’ menu exists.

    Just add the code to your template file wherever you need it (i.e. header.php or elsewhere), or better still add it as a function in functions.php and reference it from your theme files.

    Thread Starter soulscion

    (@soulscion)

    Awesome thank you. Sorry to be rather obvious but how would I go about putting it into functions.php?

    Also having read the link you provided would it work if I inputted: 

    if ( is_page('not_yet') )
{
  if ( has_nav_menu( 'secondary' ) )
  { wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'secondary' ) ); }
}

    for the page I want (the slug for the page is ‘not_yet’). Or is it best to use page id because it comes up as a ?post=853 instead of ?page=853

    Many thanks.

    If it comes up as post_id then you want the menu to show on a particular post not page? If so you will need to use is_single() not is_page(). So be clear whether it is a WordPress post or page you wish to display the secondary menu on.

    To embed in the functions.php file simply add the code to a function, for example:

    function show_menu() {
  if ( is_page('not_yet') )
  {
    if ( has_nav_menu( 'secondary' ) )
      { wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'secondary' ) ); }
  }
}

    Then just add the show_menu() function to the functions.php file and you should be good to go!

    Thread Starter soulscion

    (@soulscion)

    Ok awesome stuff again thanks so much but I do want it to apply to a page. However when I access that page in WP admin to find it’s id, the url shows: https://preview.screencult.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=853&action=edit

    So I am a little perplexed there. Any ideas why that is, or is it safe to have is_page(‘853’) or am I missing something blatant?

    Many thanks ??

    Should be fine to use ‘853’ or the slug, as the is_page function will take both. Best way is to try it and see!

    So as a total noob… I can’t get my head wrapped around it.

    So this is what I have so far and can’t get my 2nd menu to appear.

    File: functions.php

    if (function_exists('register_nav_menus')) {
		register_nav_menus(
			array(
				'main_nav' => 'Main Navigation Menu',
				'product_nav' => 'Product Menu'
			)
		);
	}

	function show_menu() {
	  if ( is_page('products') )
	  {
	    if ( has_nav_menu( 'product_nav' ) )
	      { wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'product_nav' ) ); }
	  }
	}

    What do I enter in my page.php to display Product Menu? I want the 2nd menu to be visible only on product page only.

    Please help

    help….can someone pls. tell me the specific code to use for moving the secondary menu over to the right? i am using wordpress v 3.2.1 with weaver theme 2.2.4

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