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WordPress

Posted by Jack Beilby
Jack Beilby
508 Points

Different Ways of Registering Menus

Hi,

I was recently following the Themeshaper's 'How to Create a Wordpress Theme' (http://themeshaper.com/2012/10/22/the-themeshaper-wordpress-theme-tutorial-2nd-edition/), and noticed they had a different way of registering their menu.

In the functions.php they use: 

register_nav_menus( array(

'primary' => __( 'Primary Menu', 'shape' ),

then in the header.php they use: 

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary' ) ); ?>

While in the treehouse tutorials, in functions.php is: 

add_theme_support( 'menus');

and in the header: 

$args = array(
        'menu' => 'main-menu',
    );

wp_nav_menu( $args );

I was just wondering what the difference between using these methods is, and if there are any specific advantages or disadvantages to each?

Thanks for your help!

1 Answer

Zac Gordon
STAFF
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

The first code allows you to create multiple menu locations. We just used a more simplified way in our videos :)

Sorry for the late response! I usually only see posts with the tag 'WordPress'