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.

HelgaTheViking

<p>This plugin lets you hide custom menu items based on user roles.  So if you have a link in the menu that you only want to show to logged in users, certain types of users, or even only to logged out users, this plugin is for you.</p>
<p>Nav Menu Roles is very flexible. In addition to standard user roles, you can customize the functionality by adding your own check boxes with custom labels using the <code>nav_menu_roles</code> filter and then using the <code>nav_menu_roles_item_visibility</code> filter to check against whatever criteria you need. You can check against any user meta values (like capabilities) and any custom attributes added by other plugins.</p>
<h4>IMPORTANT NOTE</h4>
<p>In WordPress menu items and pages are completely separate entities. Nav Menu Roles does not restrict access to content. Nav Menu Roles is <em>only</em> for showing/hiding <em>nav menu</em> items. If you wish to restrict content then you need to also be using a membership plugin.</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to Appearance > Menus</li>
<li>Set the “Display Mode” to either “logged in users”, “logged out users”, or “everyone”. “Everyone” is the default.</li>
<li>If you wish to customize by role, set the “Display Mode” to “Logged In Users” and under “Restrict menu item to a minimum role” check the boxes next to the desired roles. <strong>Keep in mind that the role doesn’t limit the item strictly to that role, but to everyone who has that role’s capability.</strong> For example: an item set to “Subscriber” will be visible by Subscribers <em>and</em> by admins. Think of this more as a minimum role required to see an item. </li>
</ol>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>Support is handled in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nav-menu-roles" rel="ugc">WordPress forums</a>. Please note that support is limited and does not cover any custom implementation of the plugin. Before posting, please read the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/nav-menu-roles/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>. Also, please verify the problem with other plugins disabled and while using a default theme.</p>
<p>Please report any bugs, errors, warnings, code problems to <a href="https://github.com/helgatheviking/nav-menu-roles/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></p>


Nav Menu Roles

good plugins do one job well, this is a good plugin

works well

We've been using this plugin on a number of sites for several years and have found it to be 100% reliable. Being able to show or hide menu items based on roles is essential for some sites so this plugin has been a life-saver.
The author is still supporting the plugin and responds to support queries too.
Thanks Helga!

Reliable and essential plugin


This plugin is great, does exactly what it is supposed to do. Great job, thank you!


Easy to use, simply works!


I tried a few other plugins before getting to this one.  Before starting I had an idea of the UI I wanted, and none had it until this one.  This plugin has exactly the right about of UI to do what I need.


Exactly what I wanted

Hide custom menu items based on user roles.

PDF Menu Linker vs Nav Menu Roles