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Including external links in WordPress navigation menus

August 11, 2009 Stephanie Leary 2 Comments

Sometimes you need to link to something other than a WordPress page in your navigation menu. Perhaps you’ve built a photo gallery in ZenPhoto. How do you get it into your menu without hand-coding all your links?

The Page Links To plugin allows you to do just that. Install the plugin, then create a blank post or page with the title of your desired menu item. Scroll down to the Page Links To section of the edit screen and enter the URL of your external page.

Page Links To options
Page Links To options

WordPress menus, Navigation, Permalinks

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  1. Incense Man says

    August 12, 2009 at 1:57 am

    That’s a great one, exactly what i needed!
    Thank you!

    Reply
  2. PepiCzech says

    September 29, 2009 at 4:38 am

    Thanx…

    Reply

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