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Change your header and footer links (menus)

Choose which links show in your header menu and the four footer columns. About 10 minutes.

You need:WordPress admin login · the pages you want to link to

Step 1 – Open Menus

  1. Go to Appearance › Menus.
  2. No menu yet? Type a name (e.g. "Main menu") and click Create Menu. Have one? Pick it under Select a menu to edit.
Appearance › Menus

Step 2 – Add links

  1. On the left, tick pages under Pages and click Add to Menu.
  2. Link to something else (e.g. your inventory filtered to trucks)? Open Custom Links, paste the address, type the link text, Add to Menu.
Pages / Custom Links › Add to Menu

Step 3 – Order and drop-downs

  1. Drag items up and down to change the order.
  2. Drag an item slightly to the right, under another item, to put it in that item's drop-down (e.g. under "Menu").
  3. Click an item's arrow to rename it (Navigation Label) or Remove it.
menu items with a sub-item

Step 4 – Pick where it shows

  1. Under Menu Settings › Display location, tick Main menu (header) – or Footer column 1–4 for a footer menu.
  2. Click Save Menu.
  3. For the footer, make one menu per column (e.g. "Footer – Shop") and tick its column.
Display location ticks + Save Menu

Footer menus (one per column)

Your footer has 4 columns. Until you give a column its own menu, it shows ready-made links (Shop, Buy & Sell, Our Dealership, Help). To change a column:

  1. At the top of Appearance › Menus, click create a new menu.
  2. Name it (e.g. "Footer – Shop") and click Create Menu.
  3. Add the links you want (Pages or Custom Links › Add to Menu).
  4. Under Menu location, tick Footer column 1 (or 2, 3, 4). Click Save Menu.
  5. Repeat for each column you want to change. Switch between menus with Select a menu to edit at the top.

Done right? Refresh your website. The header shows your links; on phones they're in the slide-out menu.

Good to know: Favorites and Compare are icons in the header, so you don't need links for them. No menu set? A ready-made one is used. Changes not showing? Clear your site cache. Full details: Dealer guide, section 15.