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PDF Menu Linker is a small admin-only plugin that makes it easy to add and manage PDF links in navigation menus.
It adds a dedicated PDFs panel to Appearance → Menus, and a Replace PDF control on PDF menu items, so you can swap files without recreating menu items or touching URLs manually.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>PDFs panel on the Menus screen – Select a PDF from the Media Library and add it directly to any navigation menu.</li>
<li>Automatic link text and title – Link Text and Link Title fields default from the PDF filename (without the extension), and can be edited before adding.</li>
<li>One-click Add to Menu – Creates a standard custom menu item that opens the PDF in a new tab, using WordPress core menu APIs.</li>
<li>Replace PDF on existing items – For custom links that point to a <code>.pdf</code>, a Replace PDF button appears next to the URL field so you can change the file without changing labels.</li>
<li>Native WordPress UX – 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 Appearance → Menus.</li>
<li>Ensure a menu is selected (or create one and save it).</li>
<li>In the Add menu items column, open the PDFs panel.</li>
<li>Click Select PDF and choose a file from the Media Library (PDFs only).</li>
<li>Optionally adjust Link Text and Link Title.</li>
<li>Click Add to Menu.</li>
<li>A new Custom Link 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 Appearance → Menus, locate a Custom Link whose URL ends with <code>.pdf</code>.</li>
<li>Expand the menu item.</li>
<li>Click Replace PDF 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 Navigation Label and Title Attribute remain unchanged.</li>
</ol>

PDF Menu Linker

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

Gagan Deep Singh

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Usage
See the <a href="#screenshots" rel="nofollow ugc">screenshots</a>.
Also, see a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-it-work-24/page/2/#post-4987738" rel="ugc">great tutorial</a> by Aurovrata Venet
Special Thanks To
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/profile/aurovrata" rel="ugc">Aurovrata Venet</a> for <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-it-work-24/page/2/#post-4987738" rel="ugc">this great tutorial</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/profile/leewillis77" rel="ugc">Lee Willis</a> for finding out and helping in resolving <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/causes-urls-to-be-amended-in-undesired-ways" rel="ugc">this bug</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhunink/" rel="ugc">Dennis Hunink</a> for reporting <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/?p=10325305" rel="ugc">this bug</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/users/hbwarper/" rel="ugc">@hbwarper</a> for providing a patch to Dennis’ issue.</li>
</ul>

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