Bootstrap Nav Menu For WordPress

Here is some code for bootstrap nav menus for wordpress. This is for anyone following along in the Bootstrap to WordPress Theme Creation Integration tutorial.

 

<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<?php wp_nav_menu( array(
'container' => 'ul',
'menu_class' => 'nav navbar-nav',
'menu_id' => 'bootmenu',
'echo' => true,
'theme_location' => 'main-menu',
) );?>
</div>
</nav>

Here is the code to collapse on mobile

<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbar">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="myNavbar">
<?php wp_nav_menu( array(
'container' => 'ul',
'menu_class' => 'nav navbar-nav',
'menu_id' => 'bootmenu',
'echo' => true,
'theme_location' => 'main-menu',
) );?>
</div>
</div>
</nav>

CSS for Sub Menus

.sub-menu{
list-style:none !important;
position:absolute;
display:none;
}
.nav li:hover > ul.sub-menu{
display: block;
margin: 0;
}

.sub-menu li{
width:100px;
margin-left:-33px;
background-color: #f8f8f8;
border-color: #e7e7e7;
padding:8px;
}

CSS For Sub Menus on Mobile

@media screen and (max-width: 760px) {
.sub-menu{
display:block !important;
position:relative;
}

.sub-menu a{
color:#666;
text-decoration:none;
cursor: pointer;
}

}

Bootstrap Function for Search

Place this in your functions.php file.

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function wpdocs_my_search_form( $form ) {
$form = '<form role="search" class="navbar-form navbar-left" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="' . home_url( '/' ) . '" >
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" value="' . get_search_query() . '" name="s" id="s" required/>
</div>
<button type="submit" id="searchsubmit" class="btn btn-default">Search</button>
</form>';

return $form;
}
add_filter( 'get_search_form', 'wpdocs_my_search_form' );

Add Search box to your Menu Replce Nav Code with This

<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbar">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="myNavbar">
<?php wp_nav_menu( array(
'container' => 'ul',
'menu_class' => 'nav navbar-nav',
'menu_id' => 'bootmenu',
'echo' => true,
'theme_location' => 'main-menu',
) );?>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</nav>

Bootstrap Nav Menu For WordPress was last modified: July 6th, 2022 by Maximus Mccullough
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Bootstrap Nav Menu For WordPress
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Bootstrap Nav Menu For WordPress
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This tutorial will show you how to put in a Bootstrap Nav Menu into WordPress
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