Title: Classic Menu Block Author: Jonny Harris Published: January 28, 2022 Last modified: April 24, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/classic-menu-block/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2668472) # Classic Menu Block By [Jonny Harris](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/classic-menu-block.0.1.7.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-menu-block/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-menu-block/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-menu-block/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-menu-block/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-menu-block/) ## Description Use classic menus in gutenberg, using this block. This block renders classic menu data using wp_nav_menu function, improving backwards compatiblity. ## Screenshots * [[ * The navigation block \ ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Classic Menu Block A gutenberg block to use classic menus. ## Installation This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/classic-menu-block` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a968f2ad2ae997a72f80b6fd8516108ef48c4c39d4af957591ca734d58cc3871? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[More documentation please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-documentation-please/)󠁿 [aldebaran57](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aldebaran57/) September 4, 2024 Great plugin for what it is – as a wrapper for the classic menu insert fn wp_nav_menu(), and so to be able to insert a classic menu into a full block theme.  BUT  ….   The documentation is totally absent for who this plugin is for, how you use it , whats the prerequisites    .. So the plugin provides a block to insert a classic menu … So I assume you can insert a classic menu into a website which is using a Block theme. But if I simply start with block theme 2024, install and activate the plugin, then I don’t get in the Backend the menu item ‘Menus’  under Appearance  … so I cannot first setup/create a classic menu …. But then I realised if you  include the function register_nav_menus() in an action hook in the theme, then I get the MI ‘Menus’  –  function register_my_menu() {    register_nav_menus();          } add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘register_my_menu’ ); So now I can create a classic menu in the Backend, insert a Classic Menu block  in a page and select a classic menu for that  block insert. So for example, theme 2024 has no such register fn, so I  added it to  a child theme    And then to the styling   ….   The plugin  comes with some simple menu styling  – that’s  OK, at least its something  … But  if you want to do  your own styling the Spacemonkey article mentions  a filter  .. but its not clear  what it’s for / how  you  use it  …   But after looking in the code of the plugin  top file  classic-menu-block.php,  you  can use the filter  to change the  params  which  in the plugin are then passed to the classic menu insert function wp_nav_menu() .   So  I  used this to change the class name of the outer  wrapper div of the inserted menu from the default to my own  …  as such I could remove the default styling, and style the menu as I  want without the need for !important or mega specificity.     So in conclusion it would be useful to simply add this info in the diocumentation    ….  A comment on improving the default styling / adding styling config  (there isn’t any config at the moment)  …  I don’t know how far this should go  … simply because there would be so many  possibilities  to  suite each person’s needs so the whole thing becomes totally overweight  …   I think its best as is  –  the simple current  styling – at least  it works for the  non-dev, but  with the filter  a developer can do  their own styling. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68393fa518a276797fb60d51100ab3c4f97d80d69df83d68787e9b15be8730d7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-10256/)󠁿 [MattV](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattv/) February 20, 2024 Exactly what I was looking for: a simple menu-block. Nothing more, nothing less. [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-menu-block/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Classic Menu Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jonny Harris ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/) “Classic Menu Block” has been translated into 10 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-menu-block/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Classic Menu Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-menu-block) ### Interested in development? 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