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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Building Out WordPress Navigation The wp_nav_menu Function

Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points
Posted by Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points

wp_nav_menu Manage locations issue

I was working on the wp_nav_menu lesson for the Wordpress Theme development course, and I seem to have run into a minor problem. When adding them_support and then using the register_nav_menus function, I seem to be missing something as my Manage Locations tab won't come up next to the Edit Menus tab in the dashboard of my Wordpress site. I'm sure I am missing some small item such as a semicolon, but I can't for the life of me figure out what is wrong with it. I posted the code below. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks guys!

<?php
add_theme_support( 'menus' );

function register_theme_menus() {

  register_nav_menus(
    array(
        'primary-menu' => _( 'Primary Menu' )
    )
  );

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

2 Answers

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

you only need to pass in the name of the function with add_action, you don't need to try and call the function. Simply remove the parentheses and it should work.

<?php
    add_action( 'init', 'register_theme_menus' );
Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points
Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points

Of course! Thanks for your help Andrew. I really appreciate the fast response.