Sridhar Katakam

Genesis and WordPress Tutorials

Adding Navigation Menu descriptions in Genesis

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Updated on January 13, 2020

This members-only tutorial provides the steps to add and show descriptions to menu items for navigation in Genesis.

Before:

After:

Step 1

At Appearance > Menus, pull down 'Screen Options' and tick Description. Enter your description text for the menu items.

Step 2

Add the following in child theme's functions.php:

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  • I copied exactly what you have and got this:

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class Menu_With_Description in /home/ganeshde/public_html/wp-content/themes/executive-v2/functions.php on line 216

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  • I’d like to have the descriptions for a Custom Menu in the widget area. What needs to be tweaked (or maybe the primary navigation needs to be repositioned)?

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  • Hey Sridhar,

    Currently this returns an error related to the function signature:

    Error: Declaration of Menu_With_Description::start_el() should be compatible with Walker_Nav_Menu::start_el(&$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = Array, $id = 0)

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      • Make a backup first!

        Then, find this line in the Menu_With_Description class file:

        function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth, $args) {

        and replace it with this:

        function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 ) {

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