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WordPress From Bootstrap to WordPress Setup a Bootstrap Theme Creating Bootstrap Navigation in WordPress

Posted by David Soards
David Soards
18,366 Points

Nav Menu not formating Bootstrap 4 WP 4.8.1

My nav is showing up as default Blue links all run together like 1 long word with no padding. Do I need to adjust my settings in the $args array or do I need to change the class or id tags in the bootstrap div? I'm lost please help.

I am using the latest version of Jumbotron with Bootstrap 4.0.0 beta

Here is my header.php code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="author" content="">
    <link rel="icon" href="../../../../favicon.ico">

    <title>Jumbotron Template for Bootstrap</title>

    <?php wp_head(); ?>

  </head>

  <body <?php body_class(); ?>>

    <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-dark fixed-top bg-dark">
      <a class="navbar-brand" href="<?php bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a>
      <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarsExampleDefault" aria-controls="navbarsExampleDefault" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
        <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
      </button>

      <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarsExampleDefault">
        <?php  
          $args = array(

            'menu'          => 'header-menu',

            'menu_class'    => 'nav navbar-nav',

            'container'     => 'false'

          );
          wp_nav_menu( $args );
        ?>
      </div>
    </nav>
David Soards
David Soards
18,366 Points

and here is my functions.php code

<?php

function theme_styles() {

    wp_enqueue_style( 'bootstrap_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/bootstrap.min.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'main_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_styles' );

function theme_js() {

    wp_enqueue_script( 'bootstrap_js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/bootstrap.min.js', array('jquery'), '', true );


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

//add_filter( 'show_admin_bar', '__return_false' );

add_theme_support( 'menus' );

function register_theme_menus() {
    register_nav_menus(
        array(
            'header-menu' => __( 'Header Menu' )
            )
        );
}
add_action( 'init', 'register_theme_menus' );

?>

1 Answer

Jon Speake
Jon Speake
3,466 Points
Jon Speake
Jon Speake
3,466 Points

I was also struggling with this, and after hours of research and trying so many different things i eventually got it working following this tutorial https://napitwptech.com/tutorial/wordpress-development/integrate-bootstrap-navbar-4-wordpress-theme/