WordPress Basics
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
    • Introduction
  • Accessing your WordPress site
    • Accessing Your Site
    • Logging Into Your Site
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching From Dashboard to Live Site
  • Adding content to your site
    • Creating a Post
    • Creating a Page
    • Working with content in the Visual editor
    • Working with code in the Text editor
    • Creating a Link
    • Editing a Link
    • Adding an Image to a Page or Post
    • Wrapping Text Around an Image
    • Editing Image Details
    • Removing an Image From a Page or Post
    • Adding a Featured Image to a Post
    • Deleting a Post
    • Deleting a Page
  • Working with Menus
    • Creating a Menu
    • Adding Pages to a Menu
    • Removing Pages From a Menu
    • Creating a Custom Link Menu item
    • Changing a button label
    • Changing the order of Menu items
    • Creating a fly-out Menu
    • Managing the Menu location
  • Working with Plugins
    • Adding a Plugin to your site
    • Finding plugin instructions
    • Updating your Plugins
    • Deactivating a Plugin
    • Deleting a Plugin
  • Changing the look of your site
    • Adding a theme to your site
    • Changing themes
    • Managing the Menu after switching themes
    • Using the Customizer
    • Working with Widgets
    • Updating your themes
  • Site settings and administration
    • Creating a static front page
    • Creating a page for posts
    • Changing the format of permalinks
    • Changing your password
    • Changing your email address
    • Managing spam comments
    • Updating your WordPress installation
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  1. Working with Menus

Creating a Custom Link Menu item

Note: A Custom Link Menu items should only be used to link to a webpage outside of your site.

Do not use a Custom Link Menu item to set a static page as your front page or to create a page for posts.

  1. From the Dashboard, click Appearance and select Menus.

  2. Make sure the Edit Menus tab is selected.

  3. In the Custom Link area, click the expand button (downward-pointing triangle.)

  4. Enter a full URL (delete the extra http:// that's already in the URL field.)

  5. In the Link Text field, enter a label for the button.

  6. Click Add to Menu.

  7. In youre menu, position the Custom Link where you would like it to appear.

  8. When finished, click Save Menu.

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