{"id":753,"date":"2017-07-06T21:14:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T04:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorennason-dot-com.crwcun8-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2017-07-06T21:14:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T04:14:54","slug":"make-page-name-different-menu-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2017\/07\/make-page-name-different-menu-item\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Page Name Different than the Menu Item"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received your email yesterday and you asked a question.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Edit the Title of a Page without Changing the Menu Name? (Also called the Navigation Label)<\/h2>\n<p>For most WordPress sites you probably created pages and added them to the menu and just used the name of the page to be the menu name. This is first thing everyone will do. I still do it as well. But what if you wanted to change the name of the page but have the menu item stay the same?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Change the Title of Page and then press the &#8220;update&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-755\" src=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-page-title.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-page-title.jpg 478w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-page-title-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Go to Appearance &gt; Menus<br \/>\nChoose the menu you want to edit (if you have more than 1)<br \/>\nClick the dropdown arrow for the menu item that you want to change the Navigation Label<br \/>\nEnter want you want<br \/>\nClick Save<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-754\" src=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-nav-label.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-nav-label.jpg 969w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-nav-label-600x301.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-nav-label-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorennason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/edit-nav-label-768x385.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received your email yesterday and you asked a question. How to Edit the Title of a Page without Changing the Menu Name? 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