{"id":103,"date":"2025-05-14T03:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/blogbuster\/?p=103"},"modified":"2025-05-14T03:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:49:36","slug":"how-to-access-and-configure-the-menu-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/blogbuster\/how-to-access-and-configure-the-menu-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to access and configure the Menu Panel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The menu is used to build site navigation that helps the visitors to navigate inside the website. The menu section lets you create, edit, and assign navigation menus, which can be done in two simple ways. Either by<strong> configuring menu settings from the admin dashboard <\/strong>or from the<strong> theme customizer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To configure menu panel from admin dashboard:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start from navigation to the <strong>WordPress Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then head to<strong> Appearance<\/strong> &gt;&gt; <strong>Menus <\/strong>from the sidebar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the <strong>Edit Menus<\/strong> tab, click on<strong> create a New Menu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your Menu Name in the <strong>menu name<\/strong> input field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Menu Settings, check one display location amongst the available locations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the end, click on <strong>Create Menu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/articlewave\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/11\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Menu from WordPress dashboard for Blogbuster\" class=\"wp-image-80\" style=\"width:860px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To configure menu panel from Theme Customizer:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start from WordPress dashboard by navigating to <strong>Appearance >> Customize<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Menus <\/strong>options to open the Menu settings interface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>Create New Menu<\/strong> link.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First enter your Menu name in the <strong>Menu Name Box<\/strong> and then set a location for that menu but skip it if you want to use a menu widget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, click on the <strong>Next <\/strong>button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <strong>Add Items <\/strong>under <strong>Menu Name <\/strong>section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can then <strong>Add Menu <\/strong>items for your newly created menu from the array of options which are <strong>Custom Links, Pages, Posts, Categories and Tags<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"303\" data-id=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/blogbuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/menusfrom-Theme-customizer.png\" alt=\"process-to-configure-Menu-panel-from theme customizer\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/blogbuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/menusfrom-Theme-customizer.png 569w, https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/blogbuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/menusfrom-Theme-customizer-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expand any of your preferred panels and click on the + icon to add them to the menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At last save the changes by clicking<strong> Publish <\/strong>button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The menu is used to build site navigation that helps the visitors to navigate inside the website. The menu section lets you create, edit, and assign navigation menus, which can be done in two simple ways. Either by configuring menu settings from the admin dashboard or from the theme customizer. 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