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Easily add post, pages, media links, or custom post types to any admin menu. Filter dynamic menu items by terms within a specific taxonomy and meta fields. Order dynamic menu items by name, date, or id. Include menu items by all or any one term specified.<\/p>\n\n

Items are saved via WordPresses built in caching system for quicker load times and better user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Go to Plugins<\/code> in the Admin menu<\/li>\n
  2. Click on the button Add new<\/code><\/li>\n
  3. Search for Dynamic Menu Items<\/code> and click 'Install Now' or click on the upload<\/code> link to upload dynamic-menu-items.zip<\/code><\/li>\n
  4. Click on Activate plugin<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    How are the dynamic menu items displayed<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    displaying dynamic menu items is handled by the sites theme. Items are added as a submenu and handled as a default list.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Where does the parent link to<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    By default the parent menu item links to \"#\". This can be changed when admins are building the menu.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Does dynamic menu items work with ACF<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Yes, dynamic menu items will utilize the meta fields the same as custom built meta fields and use AFC's field name as the meta key.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.0.0: March 12, 2025<\/h4>\n\n
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    • Birthday of Dynamic Menu Items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      1.0.1: March 12, 2026<\/h4>\n\n
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      • resolving error when adding unique post types to menu items. Adjustments made to stay up to date with most recent WordPress version (6.9.4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.0.2: March 12, 2026<\/h4>\n\n
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        • Adding support link<\/li>\n
        • updating versions<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Add posts, media, pages, or custom post types specific to a category, tag, or taxonomy.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/227189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227189"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/benjerminp"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=227189"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=227189"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=227189"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=227189"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=227189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}