Edit menu items

In the Site Editor, you can edit an existing menu item in a Navigation block by following these steps (also shown in the video below):

1. Go to Appearance → Editor in your site’s dashboard.
2. Click the homepage preview on the right, or click Navigation to edit a specific menu.
3. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
4. Select the Navigation block, which may be nested inside other blocks like Header, Group, and Row.
5. Click on an existing menu item to select it.
6. Make your changes, which can include:
   • Typing new text for the menu item.
   • Editing the link of the menu item.
   • Changing the position of a menu item.
   • Rearranging items into submenus.
   • Changing the color and style of a menu item.
   • Setting the link to open in a new tab.
   • Deleting a menu item.
7. Click the Save button to save your changes.

On sites with classic themes, you can edit menu items using WP Admin by following these steps:

1. Go to Appearance → Menus in your site’s dashboard.
2. If you have created more than one menu, ensure the correct menu is selected at the top of the screen.
3. Under the “Menu structure” section, click the down arrow to the right of a menu item.
4. Update any of the following settings:
   • URL (Custom Links only)
   • Navigation Label
   • Title Attribute
   • Checkbox: Open link in a new tab
   • CSS Classes and XFN/Link Relationship
   • Description
5. Or, click the “Remove” link to delete the menu item from your menu (this will not delete the page, post etc. from your site.)
6. Click the “Save Menu” button to save your changes.

On sites with classic themes, you can edit menu items using the Customizer by following these steps:

1. Go to Appearance → Customizer in your site’s dashboard.
2. Click the Menus option.
3. Choose the menu you want to customize.
4. Click the down arrow to the right of the menu item to customize the following:
   • Navigation Label (the text that appears on the menu)
   • Checkbox: Open link in a new tab
   • Title Attribute
   • CSS Classes and Link Relationship (XFN)
   • Description
5. Or, click the Remove link to remove the menu item. Removing an item from your menu does not delete the page, post, etc. from your site.
6. Click the Save button to save your changes.

In the Site Editor, you can change the link of a menu item in a Navigation block by following these steps (also shown in the video below):

1. Go to Appearance → Editor in your site’s dashboard.
2. Click the homepage preview on the right, or click Navigation to edit a specific menu.
3. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
4. Select the Navigation block, which may be nested inside other blocks like Header, Group, and Row.
5. Click on an existing menu item to select it.
6. In the toolbar that appears, click the Link icon and then the Pencil icon to change the link. Or, use the block settings sidebar to change the URL for the link.
7. Click the “Save” button to save your changes.

On sites with classic themes, you can only edit the link of a custom link menu item. For everything else, you will remove the menu item and add a new one. To edit custom link menu items using WP Admin by following these steps:

1. Go to Appearance → Menus in your site’s dashboard.
2. If you have created more than one menu, ensure the correct menu is selected at the top of the screen.
3. Under the “Menu structure” section, click the down arrow to the right of a menu item.
4. Update any of the following settings:
   • URL (Custom Links only)
   • Navigation Label
   • Title Attribute
   • Checkbox: Open link in a new tab
   • CSS Classes and XFN/Link Relationship
   • Description
5. Or, click the “Remove” link to delete the menu item from your menu (this will not delete the page, post etc. from your site.)
6. Click the “Save Menu” button to save your changes.

On sites with classic themes, you can only edit the link of a custom link menu item. For everything else, you will remove the menu item and add a new one. To edit custom link menu items using the Customizer by following these steps:

1. Go to Appearance → Customizer in your site’s dashboard.
2. Click the Menus option.
3. Choose the menu you want to customize.
4. Click the down arrow to the right of the menu item to customize the following:
   • URL (Custom links only)
   • Navigation Label (the text that appears on the menu)
   • Checkbox: Open link in a new tab
   • Title Attribute
   • CSS Classes and Link Relationship (XFN)
   • Description
5. Or, click the Remove link to remove the menu item. Removing an item from your menu does not delete the page, post, etc. from your site.
6. Click the Save button to save your changes.

In the Site Editor, your menu comes from the Navigation block. Follow these steps to delete or update an invalid menu item:

1. Go to Appearance → Editor in your site’s dashboard.
2. Click the homepage preview on the right, or click Navigation to edit a specific menu.
3. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor. It’s the icon that looks like three horizontal lines above each other.
4. Select the Navigation block, which may be nested inside other blocks like Header, Group, and Row.
5. Locate the invalid menu item, and perform one of the following actions:
   • To delete the menu item: Click the Options menu (⋮) to the right of the invalid link name in the List View and select the Delete option from the drop-down.
   • To edit the menu item: Click the invalid link in the editor and click the pencil icon that appears to edit the text and link.
6. Click the “Save” button to save your changes.

Full details of these instructions and a demonstration video can be found in this guide, Remove a Menu Item.

On sites with classic themes, you can follow these steps to delete or update an invalid menu item:

1. Go to Appearance → Menus in your site’s dashboard.
2. Locate the invalid menu item, and click on the item once to expand the options.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
   • To delete: Click the Remove link.
   • To update: Update the URL and Navigation Label.

4. Click the “Save Changes” button to save your changes.

On sites with classic themes, you can remove menu items using the Customizer by following these steps:

1. Go to Appearance → Customizer in your site’s dashboard.
2. Click the Menus option.
3. Locate the invalid menu item, and click on the item once to expand the options.
4. Click the “Remove” link:

5. After removing the invalid menu item, you can follow the process of adding a new menu item in the Customizer.
6. Click the “Save Changes” button to save your changes.