Hi there,
Thank you for contacting us.
The posts themselves are not automatically added to the header menu, even if they are already published and visible on the Blog page. This is expected behavior in WordPress.
If you would like visitors to click a category in the menu and see all related articles, the best approach is to add the post categories to the menu instead of individual posts. First, make sure your articles are assigned to the correct categories. Then go to WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Menus, open the “Categories” section on the left side, and add the desired categories to your header menu. Once the menu is saved, visitors will be able to click a category and view all articles that belong to it.
If you prefer, you can also add individual articles directly to the menu from Appearance > Menus > Posts, but in most cases, using categories provides a cleaner and easier navigation experience for blog content.
Hope thsi helps
Hello,
Thank you for your response. I had already completed the Categories part and the drop down menu works for only for one of my menu categories, which is Spotlight. I went to Appearance, Customize, Menus, Header menu and when I clicked on one of the Category drop down menus, under Navigation Label name, for the Breed Spotlight category, it says Original: Spotlight – Dog Breeds. When you click on the link, it takes you to the blog page with the articles on it. For all of the other Categories, it says Original: Uncategorized. When you click on that link, it takes you to a page with just my header and footer on it.
How can I change the Original name?
Thank you
Hello,
Thank you for the additional details. The reason you are seeing “Original: Uncategorized” for the other menu items is because those menu links are most likely still connected to placeholder or empty category pages that were automatically created by WordPress.
The “Original” name itself cannot be edited directly from the menu settings because it reflects the actual category name created in WordPress. To change it, you will need to edit the category names from the Categories section in your WordPress dashboard.
Please go to Posts > Categories. From there, locate the categories that currently appear as “Uncategorized” and either rename them to the correct category names or create new categories if needed. Once the categories are properly created and assigned, you can return to Appearance > Menus and remove the incorrect menu items, then add the correct categories back into your Header Menu.
The reason the Spotlight category works correctly is because it is already linked to a valid category archive page containing posts. The other categories are likely empty or incorrectly assigned, which is why they only display the header and footer without content.
Since you are using Elementor, the layout itself is working properly. This issue is specifically related to the WordPress category configuration and menu assignment rather than Elementor settings.
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