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It may be because of your menu configuration

Have you got “Only related sub-items”, “Include parents” and “Post related parents” checked?

I had the same problem. dirty fix is to edit wordpress code…

wordpress version 3.5.2
wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php
comment out line 321

function _wp_menu_item_classes_by_context( &$menu_items ) {
[...]
line 321:    $menu_items[$key]->current = false;     // comment out this line

hate this solution so if anyone comes up with a better one please let me know!

So thought i’d share what i’ve learned.

Simple answer is you can’t do what i was trying to do. Custom Taxonomies and Custom Post Types are separate entities and so could not share (or be fudged to appear as if they share) the same slug.

I was trying to make wordpress hide either the custom post type slug OR the custom taxonomy slug to give the permalink structure i wanted.

So now i have this set-up

Custom post type slug = news
Taxonomy slug = articles

works a treat and still loving wordpress!

P.S I still use the “Custom Post Type’s Archive in WP Nav Menu” Plugin so my main menu item “News” displays the post type archive AND is always highlighted when on a term or in a post.

Hope my experience helps someone else out

Peas & carrots,
Harv

brilliantayyy!

thank you very much for getting back to me. you have saved me searching through miles of code! i will try this later =)

+1
and me!

Think I also had to change the “Show hierarchy:” setting to “Only strictly related sub-items”

Sorry for not making it clear.

I posted a larger block of code to help you find it. You only need to comment out one line from that block…

// descend only on current tree
$descend_test = array_intersect( $current_element_markers, $e->classes );

if ( empty( $descend_test ) && !$this->direct_path ) {
//unset ( $children_elements );
}

You’ll find the block of code near the bottom of the function called walk. Again only need to comment out the one “unset” line as show in bold above

I have a fix that isn’t pretty but it did the job for my site…

in the following file
advanced-menu-widget/advanced-menu-widget.php

look for the following block of code near the bottom of the Walk method

// descend only on current tree
$descend_test = array_intersect( $current_element_markers, $e->classes );

if ( empty( $descend_test ) && !$this->direct_path )  {
    unset ( $children_elements );
}

comment out the unset line so it looks like this

// descend only on current tree
$descend_test = array_intersect( $current_element_markers, $e->classes );

if ( empty( $descend_test ) && !$this->direct_path )  {
    //unset ( $children_elements );
}

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Also having the same problem.

<u>My set-up looks like this:</u>
– Main menu has only top level items
– Advanced menu widget shows the next level and down of the selected parent item (Achieved with “Only related sub-items” and “Starting depth: 1”)

I have “Include parents” and “Post related parents” checked also

The main menu has:
– Catagory 1
and the advanced menu show’s the following children when Category 1 is selected:
– Sub category 1
– Sub category 2

But viewing posts in either Sub category doesn’t render the advanced menu at all

Thank you so much, it works a treat!
I thought It was going to be a lot more complicated than that

I did try and add the links but they wouldn’t show on the homepage for some reason?

Thanks again =D

Guy’s this is really important to me as it’s for a tribute website for a relative who has passed away can anyone help?