Add an arbitrary link to the menu

[jamiew]

I pawed through the wiki and the forum briefly, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for.

I would like to add an item to the main navigation menu with a target URL that I specify. So, rather than the item in the menu pointing to a page, I'd prefer to specify the resource (whether local to my server, or external).

What would be the best way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Timbow]

The easy way is to add your menu item(s) at the beginning or end of the nav menu by putting them in your template as extra <li> . So you template would contain

Code:

<nav>
   <ul>
      <?php get_navigation(return_page_slug()); ?>
      <li class="special"><a href="http://www.yourlink" title="Hover Text">Menu Text</a></li>
   </ul>
</nav>

Otherwise you use a plugin

[jamiew]

Timbow,
Thanks. I guess I'll have to figure out a way to do this via plugin as the link I want to add needs to be in the middle of the menu.

[shawn_a]

linkmanager plugin perhaps ? This request comes up all the time, there are several threads on it.