Navigation menus display your most important pages, providing quick access to visitors, no matter where they are on your site. The default WordPress menu functionality is enough for most websites. But you might be wondering how to customize the menu or build a more elaborate one. 

If you’re using a block theme, you can create your menu with the Navigation block. This gives you more customization options, and you can even build whole new menus directly in the editor.

But if you’re still using a classic theme, the traditional menu editor enables you to add new items, create dropdown menus, and include search bars and buttons. 

In this detailed guide, we’ll first show you how to create and customize your menu using the classic WordPress menu editor. Then, we’ll walk you through the process of building your menu using the Navigation block (for those sites that use a block theme).