The Navigation Menu Widget allows you to display pages, categories, and custom links in your blog’s sidebar. To use it, you first need to create a menu. If you are using the WordPress Block Editor, you can add a Navigation block.
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Themes that support the Site Editor do not use widgets, so you won’t see Appearance → Widgets in your dashboard. Instead, you can edit all of your site in one place at Appearance → Editor. Click here to learn how to use the Site Editor.
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To add the widget to your site:
- In your dashboard, click on Appearance → Widgets.
- Choose the location where you’d like to place the widget on your site. Standard options include the Footer and Sidebar, but this may differ depending on your theme.
- Click either of the + block inserter buttons (see right) to see a list of all the available blocks and widgets.
- Scroll down to the Widgets section and click on the widget once to add it to your site.
For more general information, see this guide on working with widgets.
![The Widgets Editor with highlights on the + Block Inserter at the top of the page and in a widget area.](https://en-support.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/widgets-add-a-widget.png?w=688)
Once you add the widget to your sidebar, you’ll see the following widget settings:
![](https://en-support.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/navigationmenuwidgetincustomizer.png)
- Title: Sets text that will appear immediately above the sidebar’s custom menu.
- Select Menu: Use this to choose which of your custom menus to display. If you haven’t already created a custom menu, you’ll need to do that on the Menus page first.