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[Wordpress] homepage with no menu. How to do?

by viikka
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Hello everyone,

I am trying to create something similar to this.

My home page will be a landing page where people have the only option - to subscribe. It's going to be a membership site by invitation.

What plugin or theme I can use in this case? How to remove the menu?

Should I create a custom template for this?

Thanks a lot!
#homepage #menu #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author cindypark
    Originally Posted by viikka View Post

    Hello everyone,

    I am trying to create something similar to this.

    My home page will be a landing page where people have the only option - to subscribe. It's going to be a membership site by invitation.

    What plugin or theme I can use in this case? How to remove the menu?

    Should I create a custom template for this?

    Thanks a lot!
    just choose good theme.you can add menu through settings.or add pages or menu to your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author MaryBeth
    Removing menu itself can be as easy as editing ~theme>header.php and removing everything within the <nav></nav> tag. (Always save a copy of any file you edit in case you wish to go back.) On some themes navigation menu can be located elsewhere.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael71
    A simple landing page does not need WordPress at all... I would just do a static HTML page if users only have ONE option.

    Much faster regarding loading times.
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  • Profile picture of the author HA-Dave
    I second Michael71 - if it's just going to be one page, with one option - that's... basically like the opposite of what WP is really meant for lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author copilu0
    I also think you don't need Wp to do this but anyway, if you use WP then go to your header.php and remove the <nav></nav> code or anything else related to the menu (it can be different based in the theme you use). I also think you should create a child theme if you remove that code so you can easily update the theme in future. There are also other methods which I have in mind but removing that code is the easiest way.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
    Just create your landing page as you normally would and upload it as index.html in the same directory as WordPress's index.php and it should work ok.
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    • Profile picture of the author webdeveloperindia
      Hey !

      I wordpress you can simply hide menu in home page by adding few lines of code life in header.php like :
      PHP Code:
      <?php if(!is_page('home')) echo wp_nav_menu( ); ?>
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      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
        By all means somebody correct me if I am wrong. You change header.php. you are changing EVERY page, not just the homepage.

        to yank single elements out of any page it is best to use either CSS or a PHP to do so. Suggesting to go into the header.php file and just remove stuff is silly!
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  • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
    There have been two suggestions not to use WordPress for the landing page.

    If the OP insists on using WordPress, the best way would be to create a custom page template, not to simply edit random stuff as several have suggested, see the WordPress codex "custom page template"
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