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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Building Out WordPress Navigation Coding A Basic Navigation in WordPress

Alfredo Prince
Alfredo Prince
6,175 Points
Posted by Alfredo Prince
Alfredo Prince
6,175 Points

My menu isn't displaying at all. Any ideas?

When I click on my menu button it looks to just refresh the page.

Devon Pelletier
Devon Pelletier
9,255 Points
Devon Pelletier
Devon Pelletier
9,255 Points

I'm also having this issue. Page refreshes on menu click, on every page. No errors in the console, menu is set up as Primary Menu, and I can see the menu when inspecting the page...

This is my code in functions.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() {

  // Importing the CSS files
  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( 'googlefont_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( 'app_js', get_template_directory_uri().'/js/app.js', array('jQuery', 'foundation_js'), '', false);
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_js' );

And this is the menu php block in headers.php:

$defaults = array(
        'container' => false,
        'theme_location' => 'primary-menu',
        'menu_class' => 'no-bullet'
      );

      wp_nav_menu( $defaults );

Any help is appreciated :)!

4 Answers

Alfredo Prince
Alfredo Prince
6,175 Points
Alfredo Prince
Alfredo Prince
6,175 Points

Primary. I think it might be a js issue because I can see the menu items in inspector.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points

is their an error in the console? and in your backend, do you have your nav set up?

oh and is this a custom theme or a child?

David Powell
David Powell
1,268 Points
David Powell
David Powell
1,268 Points

To fix the page refresh issue I had to do add onclick="return false;" in the link tag.

example (line 13 in header.php):

 <a href="" class="nav-toggle" onclick="return false;"><span></span>Menu</a>

I tried putting return false in the app.js file like some ppl suggested, but it didn't fix the problem for me.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points

You do not need inline Js in the anchor tag. Are you enqueueing your menu in functions.php? Then in the backend setting the correct pages and menu?

Nata Vacheishvili
PLUS
Nata Vacheishvili
Courses Plus Student 9,594 Points
Nata Vacheishvili
Nata Vacheishvili
Courses Plus Student 9,594 Points

Is there anyone who fixed this issue? I am seeing the correct output of menu when I am inspecting the website: Home, Portfolio, About and Contact Us. I know its JS issue, because when I click nothing pops up. The foundation.min.js is linked properly no errors are showing. There us return false already in my app.js file and I did try to put it in anchor tag as well, but didn't work for me. If you have any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated!

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points

is this your primary nav, or a custom nav? if no nav is showing is it registered?