Create your first menu

Once the plugin is activated, you build menus inside WordPress — no separate signup, no token to paste.


1. Open the menu builder

In the WordPress admin, go to:

Appearance → Naviplus Menu Builder

This opens the Navi+ visual editor inside your WordPress dashboard.


2. Create your first menu

Follow the on-screen flow to create a menu. When you save the first menu, the plugin auto-connects your site to Navi+:

  • It registers a site identifier that lets the Navi+ service recognise your WordPress installation.
  • It saves that identifier in WordPress so subsequent menu changes route to the correct site.

The site identifier is not your WordPress password and not a Navi+ token you need to manage. It’s an opaque value the plugin handles for you.

You do not need to create a Navi+ account before installing the plugin — the first-menu save handles the connection.


3. Design the layout

Inside the editor, pick a menu type (Tab Bar, Slide / hamburger, Mega Menu, Grid, FAB), then design the layout. Editor docs:

The menu structure and styles are stored on the Navi+ service; WordPress stores only the site identifier.


4. Verify the connection

Open your site’s front end. Sticky menus (Tab Bar, FAB) you mark as Published in the editor appear automatically across the site.

To confirm the runtime is loading, use either:

  • Debug mode (everyone): append #navidebug-on to any URL — e.g. https://your-site.com/#navidebug-on. The page switches to Navi+ Debug mode if the plugin is wired up. Use #navidebug-off to turn it off.
  • Console (developers): open DevTools → Console; you should see a green Using Navi+.. message.

Next step

For Mega Menu and Grid Menu — placed at specific spots in a page — see Publish your menus for the [naviwp] shortcode and Gutenberg block.