I know that Shopify moved the Naviga
tion menu to Content, but when I go there, I don’t have the navigation that is located in the Header, so I can’t add new pages to the Header. Please help.
Topic summary
A user reports that the Navigation menu is missing from their Shopify store’s header after Shopify moved navigation settings to the Content section. An image shows an empty navigation interface.
Community responses suggest:
- The blank screen indicates no menus have been created yet
- Most themes include a default ‘main-menu’ automatically, but this theme appears not to
- Solution: Click “Create Menu” and title it “Main menu” for the header navigation
- Add desired pages to the new menu and link them properly
Additional requests:
- Multiple responders ask for the store URL to provide more specific troubleshooting
- One asks whether the menu is visible on the frontend/live site
The issue appears straightforward—creating a new menu should resolve the problem—but the discussion remains open pending confirmation from the original poster.
Hi @ejenzlatov,
If you don’t have any menus, click Create menu. It is recommended to title it “Main menu” for clarity.
Thanks!
It’s blank, it means you’ve not created any menu, and automatically, it comes with an already default ‘main-menu’(which serves as the menu that shows in the header), seems this theme doesn’t it’s no issue, just go ahead and create a new one, add the pages you want in the navigation and link it properly. Hope this helps, if you facing issues, let me know
Hello @ejenzlatov ,
I hope you are doing well!
Can you please share the store URL, or could you please confirm if the menu on the store/website is visible or not to the frontend?
Since you have any menu on your store the best thing is to create a new menu by Click on the “Create Menu” on the right corner of your Shopify Store. it will be adviceable if you can share your Store link for better understanding.
I think you might be having the same issue I am seeing where there is in fact a Main Menu in the Header, and it functions, but there are no menus at all shown in Content > Menus:
In a pinch, you can go through the theme editor, go tot he header, then use the Menu pulldown to select the edit option for the menu; that will open the Content > Menus area with the Main Menu displayed and ready for editing (but if you refresh that page, it will disappear!).
An update: Shopify support has reproduced this behavior and it has not been officially deemed a bug with at least some of the provided themes whereby they do not correctly add their Main Menu to the back end, so it does not appear in the list of menus in Content > Menus. The simplest workaround is to create your own menu and replace the menu selection in the theme editor for your online store.
Another workaround: opening the Main menu for editing through the theme editor will work; if you then rename the menu, it will then appear in Content > Menus. You can then change the name back if you like and it will remain in the menus list.
Just click on the create menu then you proceed and add your menu