Manage custom menus

Manage custom menus in WordPress — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Update the navigation for Lauren's small agency site. Add a Services parent menu with Consulting…
Update the navigation for Lauren's small agency site. Add a Services parent menu with Consulting and Retainers as child items, place Blog after Services, and add a Contact item that opens the contact page. Save the menu to the header location, then preview the site on mobile to confirm the menu collapses correctly before asking Lauren to review.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I send the new menu to Lauren for approval, make it easy to accept: show how the Services…
Before I send the new menu to Lauren for approval, make it easy to accept: show how the Services group reduces clicks to consulting pages, highlight any pages missing featured images that break mobile spacing, list menu depth beyond two levels that could confuse users, and flag any external links that should open in a new tab.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I reorganized Lauren's header menu to add Services and Contact but on mobile the menu now overflows…

I moved items and the mobile menu overflowed.

I reorganized Lauren's header menu to add Services and Contact but on mobile the menu now overflows and hides the last items. I'm worried the theme's mobile breakpoint or a long menu label is the issue, but I can't test every device. What is the most likely cause and the quickest fix so the menu works on phones before the client meeting at 10:30?

Become — change the pattern

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Over multiple sites we add pages and the header menus become cluttered, mobile-unfriendly, and slow…

Menus keep breaking after content grows.

Over multiple sites we add pages and the header menus become cluttered, mobile-unfriendly, and slow to update. I want a habit that keeps navigation usable as sites grow. What ongoing rules and one simple periodic task will preserve clarity and prevent last-minute panic before client demos?

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