{"id":1896452,"date":"2019-10-18T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/adding-a-calendar-link-to-your-site-menu-2\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T04:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T08:03:50","slug":"adding-a-calendar-link-to-your-site-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/adding-a-calendar-link-to-your-site-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding the Calendar to a WordPress Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPrC38Ds8V8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add links to your calendar, calendar categories, specific events, or series using the WordPress Menu Builder. If you are not familiar with the Menu Builder you\u2019ll want to review&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/appearance-menus-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started, head over to <strong>Appearance &gt; Menus<\/strong> in the WordPress Dashboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, click &#8220;Screen Options&#8221; and check the boxes you want to see in the Menu Builder:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-26-at-8.33.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen options\" class=\"wp-image-1952990\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then, on the left-hand side along with the usual meta boxes for Pages and Categories, you\u2019ll see the additional menu options that you&#8217;ve selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a link to your calendar from the Menu Builder, click View All in the Events meta box. At the top of the list, you\u2019ll see an option for Events. Check the box and then click Add to Menu. That will make a link to whatever is your default calendar views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a link to a specific event, select the event from the Events meta box and click Add to Menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a link to a category of events, select the categories from the Event Categories meta box and click Add to Menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add a link to your series pages, select the series from the list that you&#8217;d like to add and click Add to Menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-26-at-8.36.35-AM.png\" alt=\"Add series to menu\" class=\"wp-image-1952991\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/k\/linking-to-specific-event-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link to specific pages or views&nbsp;of The Event Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can add links to your calendar, calendar categories, specific events, or series using the WordPress Menu Builder. 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