A header does three jobs at once: hold your logo and navigation, stay usable on scroll, and not fight your homepage’s design. Most WordPress themes make you pick a header layout once and live with it. Nexter’s Header Builder treats the header as its own template, built visually, with sticky, transparent, and mega-menu behavior all available as settings rather than custom code.
Where the Header Builder Lives
The header is a header-type template inside the Nexter Theme Builder (accessible from the Unified Dashboard). Like any other theme part, you can build it visually in Grid View, assign it display conditions (entire site, specific pages, specific post types), and swap between multiple header templates for different sections of the same site — a marketing header for the blog, a minimal header for the checkout flow, for example.
Sticky Headers
Enable Sticky from the header template’s settings and the header pins to the top of the viewport as visitors scroll, instead of scrolling away with the rest of the page. This is a toggle plus a handful of styling options (background on scroll, shrink-on-scroll sizing), not custom CSS or JavaScript.
Also Read: How to Add a Sticky Header in WordPress (CSS and Block-Native Methods) — for the plain-CSS approach if you’re not on Nexter, or want to understand what the setting does under the hood.
Transparent Headers
A transparent header overlays your hero image or video instead of sitting in its own colored bar above it — common on landing pages and agency portfolio sites. Set the header background to transparent for the initial state, then combine it with the sticky setting’s “background on scroll” option so the header becomes solid once a visitor scrolls past the hero, keeping navigation readable against whatever comes next on the page.
Mega-Menu Headers
For sites with deep navigation — multiple product categories, docs sections, or content verticals — a standard dropdown menu buries too much. Nexter’s mega-menu option replaces a single-column dropdown with a multi-column panel that can include not just links but images, icons, and short descriptions per item, built the same visual way as the rest of the header.
Also Read: How to Add a Mega Menu in WordPress (4 Ways, With and Without a Plugin) — covers the non-Nexter methods too, including plain Gutenberg navigation and dedicated mega-menu plugins.
FAQ
Can I have different headers on different pages?
Yes. Each header template carries its own display conditions, so you can run a marketing header sitewide and a stripped-down header on checkout or landing pages.
Do sticky and transparent headers work together?
Yes, that combination (transparent on load, solid on scroll) is one of the more common setups for hero-heavy landing pages.
Is the Header Builder available on the free version of Nexter?
Core header building is available on Nexter’s free tier; some advanced styling and mega-menu options are part of Nexter Pro. Check the current Nexter pricing page for the exact free/Pro split.
Conclusion
Sticky, transparent, and mega-menu behavior are independent settings you can mix freely, not an all-or-nothing package — most sites end up combining two of the three rather than using all of them at once. Start with whichever one solves your specific navigation problem, not all three by default.
Suggested Reading
- How to Add a Mega Menu in WordPress (4 Ways, With and Without a Plugin)
- How to Add a Sticky Header in WordPress (CSS and Block-Native Methods)
- The Nexter Grid View Theme Builder: What It Is and How to Use It
