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title: "How to Create a Vertical Mega Menu in WordPress?"
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# How to Create a Vertical Mega Menu in WordPress?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Blocks Navigation Menu block creates a vertical mega menu in WordPress for sites with a large number of pages and categories.
- Nexter Builder creates the header template needed before adding the Navigation Menu block.
- Manual Menu and Vertical are the two settings used in the Navigation Menu block before adding top level menu items and sub menu or mega menu items.

A vertical mega menu is the classic shop sidebar: a stacked list of categories, each opening a wide panel of links.

The Navigation Menu block in Nexter Blocks Pro combines the Vertical layout with Mega Menu items.

*For every Navigation Menu setting in one place, see the [Navigation Menu block guide](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-a-navigation-menu-in-wordpress/).*

[LIVE BLOCK LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-blocks/builder/wordpress-navigation-menu/)

## Before You Start

- **Edition:** **Pro** — Mega Menu needs Nexter Blocks Pro.- **Block to enable:** Navigation Menu, switched on under **Nexter > Blocks** in your WordPress dashboard.- **Patterns for the panels:** create them under **Nexter > Patterns**. See [how to create a mega menu](https://nexterwp.com/docs/create-a-wordpress-mega-menu/).

## Steps

- Add the **Navigation Menu** block, set **Type** to **Manual Menu** and **Menu Layout** to **Vertical**.

- Add each top-level item at **0 Level**.

- Below an item, add a **1 Level** item, set **Submenu Type** to **Mega Menu** and choose its pattern in **Select Pattern**.

![A Mega Menu item with Select Pattern chosen](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/navigation-menu-mega.webp)

- Repeat for other items, then save.

![A vertical category menu opening a wide mega panel](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/navigation-menu-vertical-ss-demo.gif)

## How It Behaves

- Items are stacked; opening an item shows its pattern panel.- Each item can use a different pattern.

## Limitations

- **Pro only.**- Keep panels narrow enough to fit next to the sidebar on smaller laptops.

## Troubleshooting

### The panel does not open

Check the Mega Menu item is at 1 Level directly below its parent and a published pattern is selected.

## Related Docs

- [Create a mega menu](https://nexterwp.com/docs/create-a-wordpress-mega-menu/)- [Create a vertical menu](https://nexterwp.com/docs/create-a-vertical-menu-in-wordpress/)- [Navigation Menu block: all settings](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-a-navigation-menu-in-wordpress/)