Title: modifying custom menu items
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# modifying custom menu items

 *  [shochatd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shochatd/)
 * (@shochatd)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-custom-menu-items/)
 * I have created a 2-level custom menu in which all menu items (except for Home)
   are of the category type. I would like the top-level menu items (other than Home)
   to have no other function than to serve as parents for their sub-menu items. 
   In other words, I do not want them to be associated with any category, link, 
   or page. Is there a way to modify them to take the “category” association away?
   Secondly, is there a way to change a category menu item into a page menu item?
   Or do I have to delete it and re-create it as the other type? I did try [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide)
   and some related forum threads looking for answers to these 2 questions.
    Thanks.

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-custom-menu-items/#post-3809940)
 * You can create “Custom Links” for those menu items – just put any url in them
   to add to the menu – then once in there, click the flippy triangle on the right
   end of the menu item and remove the URL and change the “Navigation Label” to 
   whatever you want.
 *  Thread Starter [shochatd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shochatd/)
 * (@shochatd)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-custom-menu-items/#post-3809948)
 * Thank you. I take it that in both cases, I need to delete the menu item in question
   and then create a replacement of a different type? So for example, to do what
   you are suggesting, I can’t change the existing menu item from a category to 
   a link menu item?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-custom-menu-items/#post-3809954)
 * Try just creating the new ones, then drag/drop the category items under them –
   wherever you want them to go.

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