Title: current-menu-item missing from menu items
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# current-menu-item missing from menu items

 *  [Nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tolputtkeeton/)
 * (@tolputtkeeton)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/)
 * Hi all,
 * I have a problem in that only one menu item wont show the ‘current-menu-item’
   class when I’m on that page.
 * Latest version of WordPress, and the theme is a custom theme built as a child
   theme of 2012 (also upto date). Using
 * <?php wp_nav_menu( array(‘menu’ => ‘Nav’, ‘sort_column’ => ‘menu_order’ ) ); ?
   >
 * to call in the menu.
 * Other pages included the menu show the current-menu-item class when on that page,
   but one doesn’t. This one page should be no different to the others. Its a page(
   rather than a post), it has content, albeit a custom template that pulls in the
   list of posts (template selected on the page drop down in the WP admin). Permalinks
   are all fine, no other errors.
 * I’ve tried re-adding it to the menu, but still no luck.
 * Any ideas on what this is happening? I’ve never encountered this before. The 
   site in question is currently unavailable to the public.
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033526)
 * Check if this problem occure when you momentarily switch to the default Twenty
   Twelve theme?
 *  Thread Starter [Nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tolputtkeeton/)
 * (@tolputtkeeton)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033527)
 * I’m always wary of doing that, as I always find a multitude of things disappear
   when I switch it back. Particularly widgets.
 *  Thread Starter [Nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tolputtkeeton/)
 * (@tolputtkeeton)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033781)
 * Some other strange problems:
 * Not just one page that has this, but 2.
 * Another thing, is when on a page that has a custom template to display news/blog
   posts, the home page menu is activated as the current page, when its not?
 *  Thread Starter [Nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tolputtkeeton/)
 * (@tolputtkeeton)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033782)
 * Tried it on a test server, and the 2012 theme seems to work ok with the menu 
   highlights, just not my custom theme.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033783)
 * > 2012 theme seems to work ok with the menu highlights, just not my custom theme
 * This indicates that your custom theme is broken/incompatible
 *  Thread Starter [Nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tolputtkeeton/)
 * (@tolputtkeeton)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033784)
 * Yeah, but I’m not sure how. I’m using WP’s menu functions, so in theory it should
   work right? Why would WP give, for example, the home page menu item the class‘
   current-menu-item’ when I’m not on the home page, but a subpage displaying blog
   posts.
 * Similarly, why would it not give a menu item the ‘current-menu-item’ class when
   I am on that page?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tolputtkeeton/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-menu-item-missing-from-menu-items/#post-4033784)
 * Status: not resolved

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