13 Tools for Menus & Navigation

Build menus, add items, reorder entries, and assign theme locations — all through your AI agent. No manual menu editing needed.

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What You Can Do

The Navigation toolset gives your AI complete control over WordPress menus. Create new menus, add pages/posts/custom links, reorder items, set parent-child relationships, assign menus to theme locations, and remove items — all programmatically.

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Key Tools

Tool	Description
wp_setup_menu	Create a complete menu with items in one call. The fastest way to build navigation from scratch.
wp_add_menu_item	Add a single item to an existing menu — page, post, category, or custom URL.
wp_reorder_menu_items	Change the order of menu items by providing the new sequence.
wp_assign_menu_location	Assign a menu to a theme location like ‘primary’, ‘footer’, or ‘mobile’.
wp_list_menus	List all registered menus with their items and assigned locations.
wp_list_menu_locations	Show all available theme menu locations and which menus are assigned.

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Example Workflow

"Build a new header menu with Home, Features, Pricing, Docs, 
and Blog — then assign it to the primary location."

→ wp_setup_menu(name="Header", items=[...])
→ wp_assign_menu_location(menu_id, location="primary")
→ Full navigation in 2 calls.

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Menu Architecture

WordPress menus support nested items (dropdowns), custom CSS classes, and multiple theme locations. mumcp exposes all of this through MCP. You can create complex multi-level navigation structures, manage mobile-specific menus, and keep footer navigation separate — all through natural language instructions to your AI agent.

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