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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Building Out WordPress Navigation The wp_nav_menu Function

Becky Christofferson
Becky Christofferson
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Posted by Becky Christofferson
Becky Christofferson
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Register Nav Menu - Add Theme Support

This is more for curiosity. According the codex :

"This function automatically registers custom menu support for the theme therefore you do not need to call add_theme_support( 'menus' );"

Is there a reason why we call add_theme_support first?

1 Answer

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Just to reinforce that sometimes you do need to use add_theme_support for certain features. You're correct if you use that function it's not technically necessary though. There may be times though in a theme where you don't use that code but may still want to enable menu support.