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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Building Out WordPress Navigation The wp_nav_menu Function

Posted by Tim Kennedy
Tim Kennedy
6,807 Points

Manage locations tab not showing up

After adding in the register_theme_menus() function and setting the add_action as in the video I am not getting the Manage Locations tab upon refresh. From what I can see my code is identical, of course I hope I am not overlooking anything.

<?php

add_theme_support( 'menus' );

function register_theme_menus() {

    register_nav_menus() {
        array(
            'primary-menu' => __( 'Primary Menu' )
        )
    };

}
add_action( 'init', 'register_theme_menus' );

function wpt_theme_styles() {

    wp_enqueue_style( 'foundation_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/foundation.css' );
    //wp_enqueue_style( 'normalize_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/normalize.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'google_css', 'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Asap:400,700,400italic,700italic' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'main_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );

}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_styles');

function wpt_theme_js() {

    wp_enqueue_script( 'modernizr_js' , get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/modernizr.js' , '', '', false);
    wp_enqueue_script( 'foundation_js' , get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/foundation.min.js' , array('jquery'), '', true);
    wp_enqueue_script( 'main_js' , get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/app.js' , array('jquery', 'foundation_js'), '',  true);

}
add_action ( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_js');




?>

Any help is appreciated...Thanks.

S Ananda
S Ananda
9,474 Points
S Ananda
S Ananda
9,474 Points

Having the same problem. Surprised nobody has answered your question in a whole month. I don't see any errors in your code or mine (mine looks just like yours). Did you figure out the fix? Or does anybody out there have the answer for us?

S Ananda
S Ananda
9,474 Points
S Ananda
S Ananda
9,474 Points

I finally figured it out. In the register_nav_menu section you do not use curly braces and the array is within the regular ().

So, instead of register_nav_menus() { array( 'primary-menu' => __( 'Primary Menu' ) ) };

it should be register_nav_menus( array( 'primary-menu' => __( 'Primary Menu' ) ) ); Notice that the array is a parameter, not a part of a function. Took me forever to realize that.

1 Answer

Alexey Serpuhovitov
Alexey Serpuhovitov
6,931 Points
Alexey Serpuhovitov
Alexey Serpuhovitov
6,931 Points

No, just use 

register_nav_menu

instead of _

register_nav_menus