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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.

Saurabh

Allows you to add Widgets in WordPress Navigation Menus via a custom widget area and an extra box in menu edit screen.
<blockquote>
Warning
You will need to have some CSS skills for the widgets to display properly in nav menus.
</blockquote>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-in-menu/screenshots" rel="ugc">View the screenshots</a> for usage instructions.
<h4>Source code and Contributions</h4>
<a href="https://github.com/yapapaya/Widgets-In-Menu-for-WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">Fork on Github</a>
Contributions are always welcome
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<ul>
<li>Most documentation is inline.</li>
<li>The hooks (actions and filters) are documented in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-in-menu/other_notes/" rel="ugc">Other Notes</a>.</li>
<li>Some useful stuff is in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/widgets-in-menu/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ section</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Hooks</h3>
<h4>Actions</h4>
yawp_wim_pre_callback
Fires before a widget’s display callback is called. Similar to ‘dynamic_sidebar’ action.
Parameters
<ul>
<li>$yawp_wim_widget array An associative array of widget arguments.
<ol>
<li>string $name Name of the widget.</li>
<li>string $id Widget ID.</li>
<li>array|callback $callback When the hook is fired on the front-end, $callback is an array containing the widget object. Fired on the back-end, $callback is ‘wp_widget_control’, see $_callback.</li>
<li>array $params An associative array of multi-widget arguments.</li>
<li>string $classname CSS class applied to the widget container.</li>
<li>string $description The widget description.</li>
<li>array $_callback When the hook is fired on the back-end, $_callback is populated with an array containing the widget object, see $callback.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Filters</h4>
yawp_wim_attribute_prefix
Filters the prefix used in class/id attributes in html display.
Parameters
<ul>
<li>$default_prefix string The default prefix: ‘yawp_wim’</li>
</ul>
yawp_wim_widget_params
Filter the parameters passed to the widget’s display callback. Similar to ‘dynamic_sidebar_params’ filter
Parameters
<ul>
<li>$params array
<ol>
<li>array $args An array of widget display arguments.
<ol>
<li>string $name Name of the sidebar the widget is assigned to.</li>
<li>string $id ID of the sidebar the widget is assigned to.</li>
<li>string $description The sidebar description.</li>
<li>string $class CSS class applied to the sidebar container.</li>
<li>string $before_widget HTML markup to prepend to each widget in the sidebar.</li>
<li>string $after_widget HTML markup to append to each widget in the sidebar.</li>
<li>string $before_title HTML markup to prepend to the widget title when displayed.</li>
<li>string $after_title HTML markup to append to the widget title when displayed.</li>
<li>string $widget_id ID of the widget.</li>
<li>string $widget_name Name of the widget. }</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>array $widget_args An array of multi-widget arguments.
<ol>
<li>int $number Number increment used for multiples of the same widget.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ul>
yawp_wim_no_widgets_message
Filters the html displayed if no widgets are present in the sidebar.
Parameters
<ul>
<li>$no_widgets_output array The default output</li>
</ul>

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