Why can't I change my wpForo menu? - How-to and Troubleshooting

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

loehoafaq — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 16:26:59 +0000

Solved. The 23 theme I *was* using generated the menu that I couldn't change, with no obvious way to change it. This theme's default settings did not display my wpForo navigation menu at all. So to me, a newbie WP user, it looked like the changes I made to my menu were not taking effect.

Figured this out when I switched to the much more easy-to-use Astra theme, which does display my wpForo menu.

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

loehoafaq — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:53:05 +0000

On the left side of the image you can see the custom menu I'd like to display. I created it by going to Appearance->Menus in the WordPress Dashboard, and set its display location to "wpForo Menu", but I see some default menu (perhaps part of the theme?) on my site instead.

I used the site editor to show the actual menu I see on my site.

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

Chris — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 09:24:23 +0000

@loehoafaq,

I see that you use Site editor on the Page, but what kind of problem appears when you try to create a new Menu from Appearance > Menus?

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

loehoafaq — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:12:53 +0000

Please see the image uploaded with my original post.

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

Chris — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:43:04 +0000

@loehoafaq,

what do you mean, you cannot create a menu from Appearance > Menus Admin page? What's the problem that you cannot do it?

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

loehoafaq — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:21:19 +0000

Update. I found the page to delete all caches as well as user cache, and I did but the mystery menu is still served. I turned Debug on so if additional info is needed but didn't see anything obviously useful. I am able to use the Site Editor to modify the menu but can't get a menu created using Appearance->Menus to display.

RE: Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

Chris — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 13:16:36 +0000

Hi @loehoafaq,

I guess that's not a menu but your pages, and the reason is that you don't have a menu there, so the theme sets the pages.

You can remove the pages, by creating a new menu, without any link(let it empty) and set its display location to that part of the theme, I guess its Primary Menu location.

Why can't I change my wpForo menu?

loehoafaq — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:11:35 +0000

My WP site displays a menu, and I don't understand where it's coming from. As can be seen in the attached screenshot, I've deleted the wpForo default menu and created a new one, saved it and published it but a different menu is still displayed despite forcing a reload in my browser. The strange thing is, it's not even the default menu that I deleted. I can't figure out where it's coming from.

I'm a new WP user, have been through all the menus and searched for reports of similar problems. I disabled the built-in wpForo cache in the hope that was the problem but still see the same menu.

I have the following WP plugins installed in addition to wpForo, all the latest versions:

Akismet Anti-Spam

Classic Editor

Forminator

Limit Login Attempts Reloaded

The Events Calendar

Ultimate Member

Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics pro

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