Hello, everybody. I know a lot of bugs are popping up with the new WordPress 3.0 release. I am trying to get a new version of Menus Plus+ finished soon … but the development work that pays my rent tends to get in the way. If you have an issue, please post it here, and I’ll try to inspect it. Also, remember this thing is open source, so contribute some code if you’d like. And do try the new native Menus department in 3.0 … it’s pretty nice.
- keighl (6/28/2010)
A WordPress plugin for creating multiple customized menus with pages, categories, posts and URLs. Return the lists with either widgets, template tags, or shortcodes. For CMS applications of WordPress, organizing a menu list is a pain; this makes it easier. Drag and drop them until you like what you see. No hacks or finicky ‘Page Order’ methods need apply.
Installation
- Download Menus Plus+ and unzip the files.
- Upload the enture
/menusplus/folder to your/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate Menus Plus+ from the ‘Plugins’ area in WordPress.
- Deploy some widgets at Appearance > Widgets
- For each widget, select which menu you’d like it to display.
- Or use
<?php menusplus(); ?>into your template.- If you have multiple lists, use the <?php menusplus(#); ?> tag provided on the configuration page.
- Or use the shortcode : [
menusplus menu="#"]
Use
- Add pages, posts, categories or URLs through the configuration page (Appearance > Menus Plus+).
- For each item, you can configure the display of its children.
- For super customized lists, create ‘Hybrid’ menus.
- To change the order, drag ‘em around.
Template Tag
<?php menusplus(); ?>
This will return your list of links. No wrapper, no style. Customize as you wish.
For the various lists you might create, returning them is accomplished through passing the list id to the template tag. At the bottom of each list, there is a copy of the specific template tag: <?php menusplus(#); ?>.
If no id is supplied, your first list will be returned.
Screenshots
Special Thanks
I need to extend my gratitude to some folks who help push Menus Plus+ along:
- Denis Rebaud – Contributed a French translation, and support for My Page Order / My Category Order plugins.
- Hanneke Hoogstrate – For better current-cat support and generally awesome input.
The Future (v2.0)
Since there are large changes coming to WordPress for the 3.0 milestone, Menus Plus+ will be reflecting some of those changes. Most importantly, it needs to integrate the custom post types, and custom taxonomy APIs. If you’ve been fussing with the 3.0-beta, you’ll notice that the new menus management feature does this.
Speaking of the new menu manager, it’s pretty good. The main difference between Menus Plus+ and the new native menus is that Menus Plus+ retains most of the hierarchical function of pages and taxonomies (categories, etc.).
