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@petitshoo I haven’t heard back from you, so I’m going to assume the workaround/update solved your problem and mark this as resolved. Just post again if you’re still having issues.

I just uploaded a new version of the plugin that will allow you to set the placeholder text for each shortcode you build. It will be version 1.1.4. It hasn’t shown up on this site yet, but it should shortly.

Once you install the new version, be sure to clear your browser cache if you use the Menu In Post Tools page to build a new shortcode. The new version uses javascript to build the shortcode, and your browser may cache the old version of the javascript, preventing the new code from running.

An alternative to rebuilding your shortcode will be to just add the following attribute to your existing shortcode:

placeholder_text="Racial Equity Resource Guide"

That should do the trick, and it will only change the “Select” for that shortcode.

I can see how it would be helpful to be able to specify the text of the placeholder. I will look into adding that functionality to the plugin.

In the meantime, if you are only using the plugin on one page, you can use a text editor to edit the file /wp-content/plugins/menu-in-post/menu-in-post.php and replace this line (line 76):

$args['items_wrap'] = $select . '<option value="#">' . esc_html(__('Select...', 'menu-in-post')) . '</option>%3$s</select>';

with this:

$args['items_wrap'] = $select . '<option value="#">' . esc_html(__('Racial Equity Resource Guide', 'menu-in-post')) . '</option>%3$s</select>';

That will change the placeholder everywhere you use a Menu-In-Post shortcode to “Racial Equity Resource Guide.” Your changes will be overwritten the next time I update the plugin, but it will get you what you want now, and maybe I can add a setting to change the placeholder text soon.

If you’re using the plugin in more than one place, that won’t help you, unfortunately.

Keep an eye on the changelog of the plugin when I release an update to see if I’ve added the feature, and you can then modify your shortcode to incorporate the setting so it won’t be overwritten in future updates.

I’ll try to post here to notify you when I have the feature added.

The changes I made to the plugin don’t affect the classes output for the menu items. I’ll be glad to take a look once you go live with the site.

I took a look at this on my test site as well as a production site, and in both cases the classes I set for the container and menu classes and IDs are present in the front end, but if you just want a single menu item to be affected by CSS, you will be better off using the ID and/or class assigned specifically to that menu item’s “li” tag. I’m not sure if WordPress does that, or the theme, but I suspect that some themes may override it.

If you provide a link to the page you’re working with, I can take a look at your specific issue.