Title: Child Navigation Menu Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Child Navigation Menu * [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/) * Hi, I’m using a Twenty Eleven Child theme on my site [http://www.websafeforkids.com](http://www.websafeforkids.com) * I have some pages that are being used as ‘Parents’ with several ‘child’ pages in some cases. * I’d like to have a child menu, that shows just the relevant pages for that parent that appear on the parent page and other child pages as the drop down from the top looks cluttered. * Hope youcan help * thanks Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/) * (@swansonphotos) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494098) * Use a [custom menu](http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_Screen). * Thread Starter [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494106) * i have tried but how do i apply that to certain parent pages * [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/) * (@swansonphotos) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494115) * The custom nav menu would appear at the location available in your theme and set at: * Admin Dashboard>Appearance>Menus>Theme Locations …typically one is the main horizontal nav at the header and one is in a sidebar for vertical navigation…custome emnus need to be supported by your theme and the locations are controlled by theme… * You can also use a custom widget area if you prefer in a specific location by adding the custom menu to the custom widget area. * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API](http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API) * Thread Starter [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494117) * Thanks, am trying to get my head round it now – I may well be coming back to you * will this allow me to have – using the custom menu widget – different menus on different pages to reflect the child menu of any given parent? * Thread Starter [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494122) * I can create the menus, but I’m not getting how to apply the different menus as custom menu options to particular parent pages * [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/) * (@swansonphotos) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494125) * You don’t have that many menu items now, why not just use a flat pages menu? * Anyway, with work much is possible… * Also, you do not have to use the built in menus, you can create a page template and add your own hard coded menus… * Most avoid this as it requires much work on each new page added… * I think many use the cat menu as the main horizontal nav and the show the pages menu in the sidebar, with posts as the loop, as this will keep the most recent content on homepage, automatically add new cats to cat menu and pages to page menu…no on going work required once setup… * Thread Starter [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494133) * This site is still WiP – what do you mean by flat pages menu? * [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/) * (@swansonphotos) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494137) * no children just parents. * Thread Starter [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494141) * No, farrrrr to many children pages for that * I think the answer is I will need to look at creating different templates and applying them to the relevant parent/child to show the correct sub nav menu * Thread Starter [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * (@loopyl00) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494146) * Well have successfully created templates, but now, how to tell it to add the other menu on it Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Child Navigation Menu’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [navigation-menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/navigation-menu/) * [twenty eleven](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/twenty-eleven/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [loopyl00](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopyl00/) * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-navigation-menu/#post-2494146) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics