WordPress - how to display custom menu in a theme?

If the WP Nav Menu is active in your current theme, just add this to your header.php file where you want the menu:

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'sort_column' => 'menu_order', 'container_class' => 'menu-header' ) ); ?>

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If it isn't activated try adding this just before the closing ?> PHP tag in the functions.php file along with the code above for the header.php:

add_theme_support( 'menus' );

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Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I'm new to WordPress so my queries could be really stupid :)

1. I've two custom menus "Top Menu" and "Bottom Menu"
2. I added the following code in the header.php

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'sort_column' => 'menu_order', 'container_class' => 'menu-header' ) ); ?>

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3. It always shows me the Top Menu, how can I get a menu by name or ID?
4. Adding or removing this piece of code

add_theme_support( 'menus' );

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at the end of the functions.php makes no difference. The menu always appears.

Regards

Hi,

Thanks for such a great detailed explanation. I could achieve what I wanted.

I've one more query related to displaying select Page's/Post's teaser in a block using admin. How can I accomplish this? e.g. a video on a home page or teaser of about us page on home page in a block / region.

Should I post another question for this?

Regards

You could use the featured image feature to achieve this. Here is a link to a good source. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://ponderwell.net/2011/02/wordpress-featured-images-and-custom-thumbnail-sizes/

Thanks again,
I'll surely post questions as I've just started using WordPress :).

Regards

Thank you for such an accurate solution.

You're welcome. Let me know if you run into any problems with the featured image hack.