Title: Menu structure
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Menu structure

 *  [mrtommy82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrtommy82/)
 * (@mrtommy82)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-structure-3/)
 * Hello all,
 * since today i upgraded my website to version 3.8, but now it seems that i have
   a problem in my administration control.
 * When i add an item to my menu structure, it adds automatically at the bottom 
   of the list.
    Normally you can drag and drop the menu item to the position where
   in the menu you like to have the item shown on the website.
 * But in the version 3.8 it stops working. I can add items to the menu structure,
   but i can not drag and drop it.
    So it is placed at the bottom of the site automatically,
   and it can not be changed since the function of drag and drop is not working.
 * Hopefully anyone here can help me, maybe tell me if i need to change code in 
   the php files or whatever it needs to get it working correctly.
 * Thank you for your help, and hope to hear from you soon.
 * Best Regards,
    Tommy

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-structure-3/#post-4416082)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and wp-
   config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones.
 *  [SmileWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anotheropus/)
 * (@anotheropus)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-structure-3/#post-4416186)
 * Same issue: Cannot Drag and Drop menu items!
 * Here is how to move items now:
 * Click to expand any menu item.
 * Under the Navigation Label field there is a new “Move” section.
 * Here are the basic choices: Move Up One, Move Down One, Move Under {the menu 
   item above the current item}, and Move To the top.
 * Please tell me I’m halucinating and that some plugin has taken over the WordPress
   menu interface.
 * This is a tragic “feature” which limits admin user flexibility. This implementation
   only allows a move to the top or to slowly, painfully, click Move Up One, again,
   and again, and again until it is positiones where it is needed.
 * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) – no offense intended please,
   but I’ve read that “helpful” default answer on so many threads on so many forums
   and in so many tickets for so many years now. It’s tragic and absurd that this
   is the accepted standard for WordPress today. Live sites with thousands of members
   can’t shut down everything because of this limitation.
 * And lastly, the people in the bright red shirts really need to find a better 
   way to troubleshoot without deactivating all plugins and re-activating them one
   by one. Come on. That’s 1940.
 * WordPress is awesome but this joke about deactivating all plugins to find problems
   is like taking your ENTIRE car apart to find the problem anytime your car won’t
   start.
 * They don’t close down McDonalds and deactivate everything when you return your
   burger because there wasn’t any cheese on it.
 * Am I the only one who thinks that there has got to be a better way to track down
   single issues?
 * Maybe our friends in Redmond are really behind WordPress? Only Microsoft could
   think of something so convoluted and Rube Golderbergish as a solution.
 * I DREAM of a day when someone smart enough to make leading edge plugins comes
   up with a Plugin Compatibility Manager and a Plugin Deconflictor.
 * If I had the time and knowledge I’d learn how to make plugins, see what elements
   are used by plugins, figure out a way for something to compare the names and 
   functions going on inside each plugin, index them, look for conflicts, and then
   figure out how to de-conflict the issues, cerate conflict reports, notices and
   emails, notify the site owner of conflicts, notify WordPress (plugin directory
   people), and notify the conflicting developers so they could sort things out.
 * Imagine…
 * Chris
 * …deactivate all plugins…
 *  [dharnadek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dharnadek/)
 * (@dharnadek)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-structure-3/#post-4416188)
 * What Chris said. Buying you a beer.
 *  [Cami MacNamara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webcami/)
 * (@webcami)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-structure-3/#post-4416248)
 * Go to the top of the menu page, select SCREEN OPTIONS and DISAbLE accessibility
   mode. It will go back to normal!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-structure-3/#post-4416248)
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