littlejon

<p>LJ Custom Menu Links is a plugin that allows you to put extra links in the menus of most WordPress Themes. It is unique in the way that it doesn’t require any code changes to your theme as the extra links are added within WordPress core functionality. This plugin requires no technical knowledge to administer, it is all contained within the WordPress admin pages with a consistent look and feel for ease of use.</p>
<p>Functions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Add Extra Menu links to your theme</li>
<li>Use pages as placeholders for menu links (This allows you full customization as to the location of your links)</li>
<li>Control if menus items are shown based on if a user is logged in</li>
<li>Shows a logout link if a user is logged in</li>
<li>Provides the ability to provide a link back to your admin pages only if a user is logged in</li>
<li>Full menu sorting available</li>
<li>You can now take full control of how you want Custom Menu Links to operate, fully automatic integration or manual integration (modifying your theme for LJ Custom Menu Links).</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are having compatibility issues with LJ Custom Menu Links outputting its links inside other plugins or sidebar widgets then this update is for you. Currently due to core wordpress limitations, if you use LJ Custom Menu Links there may be compatibility issues with other plugins. You now have the option (via the Advanced Options page) to turn off <code>Use wp_list_pages Filter</code> option and insert the required code to make LJ Custom Menu Links work without interruption within your own theme.</p>
<p>To add flexible location links (Dynamic Links) you need to create a new page as a placeholder for that link, under the edit page menu is a box to control what link to show. Please see the screenshots on the next page for a description. Links created in this way don’t have the ability to choose the target window (you may still control the visibility of the link via the private or public based on the page settings, and also the ordering based on page settings).</p>
<p>The admin page now also contains a list of Dynamic Links, which can be deleted or edited from within the LJCustomMenuLinks admin section.</p>
<p>To add LJCustomMenuLinks please use the LJCustomMenuLinks item in the Admin section, these links are added to the end of the standard wordpress menu system but have full customization ability.</p>
<p>The plugin has also had an attribution function added. If you would like to provide attribution for the plugin then add the following code into your wordpress theme. The footer is a good place for it.</p>
<pre><code><?php
  if (function_exists('LJCustomMenuLinksAttribution')) {
    LJCustomMenuLinksAttribution(); 
  }
?>
</code></pre>


LJ Custom Menu Links

LJ Custom Menu Links is a plugin that allows you to put extra links in the menus of most Wordpress Themes.

OnPoint Plugins

Mat Lipe

<h3>Fully automatic sidebar menus.</h3>
<p>Uses the parent/child relationship of your pages or categories to generate menus based on the current section of your site. Assign a page or category to a parent and Advanced Sidebar Menu will do the rest for you.</p>
<p>Keeps the menu clean and usable. Only related items display, so you don’t have to worry about keeping a custom menu up to date or displaying links to items that don’t belong.</p>
<p>Blocks are available to display menus where you need them. Look for the “Advanced Sidebar – Pages” block, or the “Advanced Sidebar – Categories” block. Widgets are also available for page builders or sites using classic widgets.</p>
<p><strong>Developed and Supported by <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">OnPoint Plugins</a>.</strong></p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<p>The official documentation for the plugin <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p>An interactive demonstration of the generated menu structure <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/#interactive-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<p>You may also use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-sidebar-menu/?preview=1" rel="ugc">Live Preview</a> to use a playground site to test the plugin.</p>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<p>When your users view a page or category, the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin will calculate the related content based on what you have selected using the standard WordPress parent selectors.</p>
<p>The menu will be different for every page that displays the Advanced Sidebar Blocks because the menu is generated specifically to the current page.</p>
<p>Depending on “Pages” block options, the menu will display:</p>
<ul>
<li>The current page.</li>
<li>Parent page.</li>
<li>Child pages.</li>
<li>Grandparent pages.</li>
<li>Grandchild pages.</li>
<li>First level child pages related to the current item.</li>
</ul>
<p>Depending on “Categories” block options, the menu will display:</p>
<ul>
<li>The current category.</li>
<li>Parent category.</li>
<li>Child categories.</li>
<li>Grandparent categories.</li>
<li>Grandchild categories.</li>
<li>First level child categories related to the current item.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Menu Locations</h3>
<p>Blocks may be added to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Page/post content.</li>
<li>Widget areas.</li>
<li>Theme customizer.</li>
<li>Site Editor.</li>
<li>Really anywhere blocks are supported.</li>
</ul>
<p>Classic widgets are also available for areas like:</p>
<ul>
<li>Elementor.</li>
<li>Beaver Builder.</li>
<li>Sites that have classic widgets enabled.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Page and Category menu Gutenberg blocks.</li>
<li>Page and Category menu widgets.</li>
<li>Option to display or not display the highest level parent page or category.</li>
<li>Option to display the menu when there is only the highest level parent.</li>
<li>Ability to order pages by (date, title, page order).</li>
<li>Exclude pages or categories by entering a comma separated list of ids.</li>
<li>Option to always display child pages or categories.</li>
<li>Option to select the levels of pages or categories to display when always display child is used.</li>
<li>Option to display or not display categories on single posts.</li>
<li>Ability to display each single post’s category in a new widget/block or in same list.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Page Menu Options</h3>
<ul>
<li>Display the highest level parent page.</li>
<li>Display menu when there is only the parent page.</li>
<li>Order pages by (date, title, page order).</li>
<li>Exclude pages.</li>
<li>Always display child Pages.</li>
<li>Levels of child pages to display when always display child pages is checked.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Category Menu Options</h3>
<ul>
<li>Display the highest level parent category.</li>
<li>Display menu when there is only the parent category.</li>
<li>Display categories on single posts.</li>
<li>Display each single post’s category in a new widget/block or in same list.</li>
<li>Exclude categories.</li>
<li>Always display child categories.</li>
<li>Levels of Categories to display when always display child categories is checked.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Included Language Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English (en_US).</li>
<li>French (fr_FR).</li>
<li>German (de_DE).</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>Developer docs <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/developer-docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>Send pull requests via <a href="https://github.com/lipemat/advanced-sidebar-menu" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repo</a></p>
<h3>Go PRO</h3>
<p>Our <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/product/advanced-sidebar-menu-pro/?utm_source=readme&utm_campaign=gopro&utm_medium=dot-org" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO version</a> brings additional functionality to this plugin. Check out <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/advanced-sidebar-menu/advanced-sidebar-pro-demo/?utm_source=readme&utm_campaign=demo&utm_medium=dot-org" rel="nofollow ugc">the demo</a> to see if the PRO version is useful for you.</p>
<ul>
<li>Navigation menu widget.</li>
<li>Navigation menu Gutenberg block.</li>
<li>Ability to customize each page or navigation menu item link’s text.</li>
<li>Click-and-drag styling for page, category, and navigation menus.</li>
<li>Styling options for links including color, background color, size, hover, and font weight.</li>
<li>Styling options for different levels of links.</li>
<li>Styling options for the current page or category.</li>
<li>Styling options for the parent of the current page or category.</li>
<li>Blocked styling options including borders, border width, and border colors.</li>
<li>Option to choose from 7 bullet styles or no bullets.</li>
<li>Accordion menu support for pages, categories, and navigation menus.</li>
<li>Accordion icon style and color selection.</li>
<li>Accordion option to keep all sections closed until clicked.</li>
<li>Accordion option to include highest level parent in accordion.</li>
<li>Accordion option to use links for open/close.</li>
<li>Ability to exclude a page from all menus using a simple checkbox.</li>
<li>Link ordering for the category menus.</li>
<li>Number of levels of pages to show when “always display child pages” is not checked.</li>
<li>Ability to select and display custom post types.</li>
<li>Ability to select and display custom taxonomies.</li>
<li>Ability to display category post counts.</li>
<li>Exclude pages or categories using intuitive search and select. <strong>NEW</strong></li>
<li>Option to display only the current page’s parents, grandparents, and children.</li>
<li>Option to display child page siblings when on a child page (with or without grandchildren available).</li>
<li>Ability to display the menu everywhere the widget area is used (including homepage if applicable).</li>
<li>Ability to select the highest level parent page/category.</li>
<li>Ability to select which levels of categories assigned posts will display under.</li>
<li>Ability to display assigned posts or custom post types under categories or taxonomies.</li>
<li>Ability to limit the number of posts or custom post types to display under categories.</li>
<li>Support for custom navigation menus from Appearance -> Menus.</li>
<li>Ability to display the current navigation menu item’s parents and children only.</li>
<li>Option to display the top-level navigation menu items when there are no child items or not viewing a menu item.</li>
<li>Priority support with access to members only support area.</li>
</ul>


LJ Custom Menu Links vs Advanced Sidebar Menu