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

Andrew Pfund
Andrew Pfund
6,965 Points
Posted by Andrew Pfund
Andrew Pfund
6,965 Points

store navigation in get template part file?

Is it considered best practice to store all the navigation writeup in a 'get template part' file so the header is cleaner?

and then just place it in the header file with ...get_template_part( content, navigation )...

Or does doing that on every page a few times slow down the page load time slightly?

3 Answers

Anthony Moore
Anthony Moore
2,282 Points
Anthony Moore
Anthony Moore
2,282 Points

You should be using "wp_nav_menu()" to display your navigation. That would be the best practice.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu

Andrew Pfund
Andrew Pfund
6,965 Points
Andrew Pfund
Andrew Pfund
6,965 Points

I don't think you understood the question, wp_nav_menu() and any associated code with the nav would be placed in a template file, so that the header file is less cluttered, does that slow down the page at all?

Anthony Moore
Anthony Moore
2,282 Points
Anthony Moore
Anthony Moore
2,282 Points

No, that should not have any affect really on page speed.