Custom Menu Wizard Widget Plugin WordPress, Download, Install

Show branches or levels of your menu in a widget, or in content using a shortcode, with full customisation.

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/

How to Install Custom Menu Wizard Widget Plugin, Manually

1. EITHER Upload the zip package via ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload’ in your WP Admin

   OR Extract the zip package and upload custom-menu-wizard folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory

2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WP Admin

The widget will now be available in the ‘Widgets’ admin page.
As long as you already have at least one Custom Menu defined, you can add the new widget to a sidebar and configure it however you want.
Alternatively, you can use the shortcode in your content.

Current documentation for the Widget Options can be found
under Other Notes.

SHORTCODE ATTRIBUTES

The shortcode is [cmwizard].
Most of the attributes reflect the options available to the widget, but some have been simplified for easier use in the shortcode format.
If there are no menu items as a result of the filtering, then there will be no output from the shortcode.

The simplest way to build a shortcode is to use a widget : as you set options, the equivalent shortcode is displayed at the base of
the widget (v3+) and the base of the “assist”. The widget itself need not be assigned to a widget area, so you can construct your
shortcode using a widget in the Inactive Widgets area if you have no need for an active one.

Note that as long as you are not using the widget=N attribute, then you don’t need to save the widget itself :
just copy-paste the shortcode when you are happy with it.

widget

integer : !NEW! from v3.1.5, the shortcode will accept a widget=N attribute which will load an
existing widget instance.

The shortcode – resembling [cmwizard widget=N/], where N is an integer – is provided at the base
of each widget, below the widget’s “equivalent” shortcode.

It will look for the instance in all active sidebars, and the Inactive Widgets area.
You can prevent inspection of the Inactive Widgets area by adding an inactive=0 attribute.
It will not look in any other Inactive Sidebar… area unless you specifically tell it to do so by
adding an orphaned=1 attribute.

Using this attribute reduces the shortcode length, and may cut down on maintenance where
you have the same shortcode in a number of places … as long as you are prepared to keep the widget instance (even if it’s in the
Inactive Widgets area). You can override the widget instance’s settings by supplying any of the other standard shortcode attributes.

Note that you can’t use this attribute as part of an Alternative setting (it is simply ignored).

title

string : The output’s Title, which may be overridden by title_from. Note that there is no shortcode equivalent of the widget’s Hide option for the title.

menu

string or integer : Accepts a menu name or id. If not provided, the shortcode will attempt to find the first menu (alphabetically)
that has menu items attached to it, and use that.

level

integer : Sets the Level filter to the specified (greater than zero) value. Defaults to 1, and is ignored if either branch or items is specified.

branch

string or integer : If not empty then Branch is set as the primary filter, with the branch item being set from the assigned value:

• If numeric, it is taken as being the id of a menu item.
• If set to either “current” or “current-item” then the Branch item is set to “Current Item”.
• If any other string, it is taken to be the title of a menu item (within the selected menu). The widget will look for the first caseless title match, so specifying branch="my menu item" will match against a menu item with the title “My Menu Item”.

items

string : Comma-separated list of meu item ids, where an id can optionally be followed by a ‘+’ to include all its descendants (eg. “23+”). Takes priority over branch.

start_at

string : This is only relevant to a Branch filter, and consists of a signed or unsigned integer that indicates either a relative
(to the selected branch item) or absolute level to start your output at (ref. the widget’s Starting at option under Secondary Filter,
Filters Section).
By default the starting level for output is the branch item’s level. A relative level is indicated by a signed (ie. preceded by
a “+” or “-“) integer, eg. start_at="+1", while an absolute level is unsigned, eg. start_at="1". Some examples :

• start_at="+1" : (relative) start at the branch item’s level + 1 (also accepts start_at="children")
• start_at="-1" : (relative) start at the branch item’s level – 1 (also accepts start_at="parent")
• start_at="-2" : (relative) would be the “grandparent” level
• start_at="1" : (absolute) start at the root item of the selected branch (also accepts start_at="root")
• start_at="2" : (absolute) start at one level below root (still within the selected branch)

start_mode

string : This has only one accepted value – “level” – and is only applicable for a Branch filter whose start_at setting returns
in an item that is at or above the selected branch item (relatively or absolutely).
Setting start_mode="level" forces the widget to use not only the resultant starting item
and its relevant descendants, but also all that item’s siblings and their descendants
(ref. the widget’s Level radio option under Secondary Filter,
Filters Section).

allow_all_root

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s Allow all Root Items option, under Secondary Filter,
Filters Section.

depth

integer, default 0 (unlimited) : See widget’s For Depth option, under Secondary Filter,
Filters Section.

depth_rel_current

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s Relative to Current Item option, under Secondary Filter,
Filters Section.

ancestors

integer, default 0 (off) : Sets an absolute level (positive integer), or a relative number of levels (negative integer), for which
the ancestors of the Branch filter item should be included. See widget’s Branch Ancestors option, under Inclusions,
Filters Section. (only relevant to a Branch filter)

ancestor_siblings

integer, default 0 (off) : Sets an absolute level (positive integer), or a relative number of levels (negative integer), for which
the siblings of ancestors of the Branch filter item should be included. See widget’s ... with Siblings option, under Inclusions,
Filters Section. (only relevant to a Branch filter)

siblings

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s Branch Siblings option, under Inclusions,
Filters Section. (only relevant to a Branch filter)

include_level

string : A level (1, 2, 3, etc), optionally followed by a “+” or “-” to include all subsequent (lower) or prior (higher)
levels respectively. For example :

• include_level="2" : include all items at level 2
• include_level="2-" : include all level 1 and level 2 items
• include_level="2+" : include all items at level 2 or greater.

Note that prior to v3.0.4, this was include_root (a switch), which only included the root level : include_root=1 is still accepted, even
though now deprecated, and is equivalent to setting include_level="1". However, if include_level is specified then it takes precedence.

exclude

string : Comma-separated list of meu item ids, where an id can optionally be followed by a ‘+’ to include all its descendants (eg. “23+”).

exclude_level

string : A level (1, 2, 3, etc), optionally followed by a “+” or “-” to exclude all subsequent (lower) or prior (higher)
levels respectively. See the examples for include_level above.

contains_current

string : Accepted values : “menu”, “primary”, “secondary”, “inclusions”, or “output”. See widget’s Qualifier options,
under Filters Section,
for an explanation of the respective settings.

fallback

string : This enables the widget’s If Current Item has no children fallback (ref. Fallbacks Section)…

• “parent” : Sets the widget’s Fallback option to “Start at : -1 (parent)”
• “current” : Sets the widget’s Fallback option to “Start at : the Current Item”
• “quit” : Sets the widget’s Fallback option to “No output!”

The first two values can be further qualified by appending a comma and a digit, eg. fallback="current,1"
or fallback="parent,2", which will also set the widget’s For Depth fallback option to the value of the
digit(s).

Optionally, “+siblings” can also be used (comma-separated, with or without a depth digit) to indicate that
siblings of the “parent” or “current” fallback item should also be included. The order of the comma-separated
values is not important, so fallback="current,+siblings,1" is the same as fallback="current,1,+siblings",
and fallback="2,parent" is the same as fallback="parent,2", etc.

fallback_ci_parent

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s If no Current Item can be found entry in the
Fallbacks Section.

fallback_ci_lifo

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s If more than 1 possible Current Item entry in the
Fallbacks Section.

flat_output

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s Flat option, under Output Section.

title_from

string : Supply a “current” and/or a “branch” item (comma-separated), corresponding to the 2 selects in the widget’s Set Title from options,
under Output Section.

• “current” : take the title from the Current Item
• “currentN” : take the title from an ancestor of the Current Item, where N is the literal level of the ancestor, eg. “current2” would be the Current Item’s ancestor that sits at level 2
• “current-N” : take the title from an ancestor of the Current Item, where N is the number of levels above the current item, eg. “current-2” would be the Current Item’s grand-parent
• “current-root” : equivalent to “current1”; takes the title from the Current Item’s root-level ancestor
• “current-parent” : equivalent to “current-1”; takes the title from the Current Item’s parent

All the above are also available for the Branch Item, eg. “branch”, “branch1”, “branch-2”, etc.
As an example, title_from="current-1,branch" will take the title from either the Current Item’s parent – if
there is a Current Item found in the menu – or the Primary Filter’s Branch setting if there isn’t a Current
Item available.

title_linked

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : Makes the title into a link if the title comes from one of the title_from options.

ol_root

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s Top Level option, under Change UL to OL in the Output Section.

ol_sub

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : See widget’s Sub-Levels option, under Change UL to OL in the Output Section.

container

string : See widget’s Element option, under Container Section.

container_id

string : See widget’s Unique ID option, under Container Section.

container_class

string : See widget’s Class option, under Container Section.

menu_class

string : See widget’s Menu Class option, under Classes Section.

widget_class

string : See widget’s Widget Class option, under Classes Section.

wrap_link

string : This is an optional tag name (eg. “div”, “p”, “span”) that, if provided, will be made into HTML start/end tags
and sent through to the widget as its Before the Link and After the Link options (ref. Links Section).
Please note that the shortcode usage – a simple tag name – is much more restrictive than the widget’s options, which allow HTML.

wrap_link_text

string : This is an optional tag name (eg. “span”, “em”, “strong”) that, if provided, will be made into HTML start/end tags
and sent through to the widget as its Before the Link Text and After the Link Text options (ref. Links Section).
Please note that the shortcode usage – a simple tag name – is much more restrictive than the widget’s options, which allow HTML.

alternative

string : This is 2 settings separated by a comma, reflecting the On condition options under the
Alternative Section.
Possible values are:

• One of “current”, “no-current” or “no-output” : the condition to test for
• One of “menu”, “primary”, “secondary”, “inclusions”, or “output” : the stage at which to test the condition

Eg. alternative="no-current,inclusions" would test for the absence of a Current Item in the filtered menu items, having completed
the Inclusions stage, and attempt to switch to the Alternative settings.

The actual Alternative settings – a cut-down shortcode – are placed as content between the shortcodes start and end tags, and this is
the only time that the use of a self-terminating shortcode is not sufficient. When specifiying the Alternative settings, do not
include the square brackets, otherwise WordPress will interpret it as a nested shortcode!

For example, to set a primary configuration of “show Current Branch plus any kids”, with an Alternative of “show top 2 levels” if no
current item can be found anywhere in the menu…

[cmwizard menu=NN branch=current alternative="no-current,menu"]depth=2[/cmwizard]

Alternatively, you could switch it around and say the primary configuration is “show top 2 levels”, with an Alternative of
“show Current Branch plus kids” if a current item can be found within the menu…

[cmwizard menu=NN depth=2 alternative="current,menu"]branch=current[/cmwizard]

Note that Alternative (eg. “branch=current”) does not require a menu option, because you can’t change the menu so the primary
configuration’s setting is always used.

As ever, the best way to construct a full shortcode, including an alternative, is to use the Assist : Use one instance of the CMW
widget to build your Alternative settings, copy the equivalent shortcode into the Alternative option of a second instance of the CMW
widget, and then continue configuring that second instance to be your primary configuration; your final shortcode can simply be lifted
from the second instance!

A bit more information about the Alternative option is available
in this article.

title_tag

string : An optional tag name (eg. “h1”, “h3”, etc) to replace the default “h2” used to enclose the widget title.
Please note that this attribute has no equivalent in the widget options, because it only applies when a widget is instantiated via a shortcode.

findme

switch, off by default, 1 to enable : This is a utility intended for editors only, and output is restricted to those with edit_pages capability.
If enabled it will return a list of posts that contain a CMW shortcode. If findme is set, the only other attribute that is taken any
notice of is title, which will be output (if supplied) as an H3 in front of the list. Example :

[cmwizard findme=1 title="Posts containing a CMW shortcode..."/]

Note that the information provided by this utility is also available from any widget’s “assist”.

SHORTCODE EXAMPLES

• Show the entire “main” menu

  [cmwizard menu=main/]

• Show the children of the current menu item within the “main” menu, for unlimited depth, setting the widget title from the current menu item

  [cmwizard menu=main branch=current start_at=children title_from=current/]

• From the “animals” menu, show all the items immediately below “Small Dogs”, plus “Small Dogs” and its sibling items, as ordered lists

  [cmwizard menu="animals" branch="small dogs" depth=2 include="siblings" ol_root=1 ol_sub=1/]

• From the “animals” menu, show the entire “Small Animals” branch, with the sole exception of the “Small Animals” item itself, whenever “Small Animals” or one of its descendants is the current menu item

  [cmwizard menu="animals" branch="small animals" start_at=children contains_current=primary/]

• Show the entire “main” menu entitled “Main Menu” unless there’s a current menu item, in which case show the current menu item, its siblings and its immediate children, and entitle it “Nearest and Dearest!”

  [cmwizard menu=main title="Main Menu" alternative="current,menu"]title="Nearest and Dearest!" branch=current depth=2 siblings=1[/cmwizard]

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