Title: Simple Menu Befuddlement
Last modified: February 18, 2017

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# Simple Menu Befuddlement

 *  Resolved [Ellsinore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellsinore/)
 * (@ellsinore)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-menu-befuddlement/)
 * I feel like an idiot, but I’ve spent most of my day trying to get this to work—
   no joy. I’m not a WP expert by any means, but not a total newbie either, and 
   I’ve used Media Library Assistant before, though it’s been awhile.
 * I just want a simple sidebar menu based on media file attachment categories. 
   I couldn’t get any results at all with the MLA Text widget. This is the last 
   code I tried, which is probably not even close, but at this point I don’t know
   what I’ve tried:
 * [mla_term_list taxonomy=attachment_category attachment_category=downloads]
    The
   slug is “downloads” and the ID is 81. Result: mla_output is empty
 * I then tried to use the List Custom Taxonomy widget, which has added the attachment_category
   option since installing Media Library Assistant. Now the menu is created, but
   the hyperlink leads to a “not found” error. So I’m actually not sure where to
   look to try to resolve this.
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-custom-taxonomy-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-custom-taxonomy-widget/)
 * So I’m thinking I’m missing a basic step here that’s going to be painfully obvious
   as soon as I hit “Submit.” 🙂

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 *  Thread Starter [Ellsinore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellsinore/)
 * (@ellsinore)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-menu-befuddlement/#post-8821482)
 * Welcome back, David! Please don’t waste your time with this one. After a much
   needed break, I’ve figured out I was not only in the wrong ballpark, but three
   states away! I’m making progress now with refreshed brain cells.
 * Thanks for the great plugin! 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-menu-befuddlement/#post-8854234)
 * As you requested in your more recent topic [Image Metadata](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-metadata-3/#post-8851577)
   I am marking this topic resolved. Thanks for letting me know the issue has been
   settled.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-menu-befuddlement/#post-8854234)
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