Atomic Coffee Media

<p>PDF Menu Linker is a small admin-only plugin that makes it easy to add and manage <strong>PDF links in navigation menus</strong>.</p>
<p>It adds a dedicated <strong>PDFs</strong> panel to <strong>Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Menus</strong>, and a <strong>Replace PDF</strong> control on PDF menu items, so you can swap files without recreating menu items or touching URLs manually.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>PDFs panel on the Menus screen</strong> – Select a PDF from the Media Library and add it directly to any navigation menu.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic link text and title</strong> – Link Text and Link Title fields default from the PDF filename (without the extension), and can be edited before adding.</li>
<li><strong>One-click Add to Menu</strong> – Creates a standard custom menu item that opens the PDF in a new tab, using WordPress core menu APIs.</li>
<li><strong>Replace PDF on existing items</strong> – For custom links that point to a <code>.pdf</code>, a <strong>Replace PDF</strong> button appears next to the URL field so you can change the file without changing labels.</li>
<li><strong>Native WordPress UX</strong> – Uses WordPress’ Media Library, menu editor, styling, permissions, and nonces. No custom tables or front‑end changes.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
<li>A user role with permission to manage menus (typically users who can <code>edit_theme_options</code>).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Add a new PDF menu item</h4>
<ol>
<li>In the WordPress admin, go to <strong>Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Menus</strong>.</li>
<li>Ensure a menu is selected (or create one and save it).</li>
<li>In the <strong>Add menu items</strong> column, open the <strong>PDFs</strong> panel.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Select PDF</strong> and choose a file from the Media Library (PDFs only).</li>
<li>Optionally adjust <strong>Link Text</strong> and <strong>Link Title</strong>.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Add to Menu</strong>.</li>
<li>A new <strong>Custom Link</strong> pointing at the PDF will appear at the bottom of the menu structure and will open in a new tab on the front end.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Replace the PDF for an existing menu item</h4>
<ol>
<li>In <strong>Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Menus</strong>, locate a <strong>Custom Link</strong> whose URL ends with <code>.pdf</code>.</li>
<li>Expand the menu item.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Replace PDF</strong> next to the URL field.</li>
<li>Choose a new PDF from the Media Library and confirm.</li>
<li>The URL field updates to the new PDF, while <strong>Navigation Label</strong> and <strong>Title Attribute</strong> remain unchanged.</li>
</ol>


PDF Menu Linker

Quickly add and manage PDF links in WordPress navigation menus via a dedicated PDFs panel.

LuckyWP

<p>Add <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus" rel="nofollow ugc">navigation menu</a> field type to <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/" rel="ugc">Advanced Custom Fields</a>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Customizable return value: ID, object (WP_Term) or HTML (use function <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">wp_nav_menu()</a>).</li>
<li>Hook filter <code>lwpamf_wp_nav_menu_args</code> to change arguments of <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/" rel="nofollow ugc">wp_nav_menu()</a> function.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<p>LuckyWP ACF Menu Field is compatible with:</p>
<ul>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields 5</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields PRO 5</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields 6</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields PRO 6</li>
</ul>


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Thank you very, very much for making this. It saved so much time. 

Excellent!!!!

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