Topher

<p>This plugin provides a metabox on posts and pages listing existing WordPress Menus.  The end user is allowed to choose one and make it associated with the post or page via meta data.</p>
<p>Practically speaking, Featured Menus work exactly like Featured Images.  The Post or Page and Featured Menu are merely attached, and you must use a template tag or WordPress functions to render the Menu.</p>
<p>Please see <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-featured-menus/other_notes/" rel="ugc">Other Notes</a> for examples.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Page or Post meta has a key called <code>_wp_featured_menu</code>.  A very simple way to render the menu is like this:</p>
<pre><code><?php
    $meta = get_post_custom();
    wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => $meta['_wp_featured_menu'][0] ) );
?>
</code></pre>
<p>A better way might be to test for the value first:</p>
<pre><code><?php
    $meta = get_post_custom();
    if ( is_numeric( $meta['_wp_featured_menu'][0] ) ) {
        wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => $meta['_wp_featured_menu'][0] ) );
    }
?>
</code></pre>


WP Featured Menus

Provides a metabox on posts and pages listing existing WordPress Menus.

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.

WP Featured Menus vs Nav Menu Roles