How to show different menus to logged in users in WordPress

Sometimes we want to show different menus to logged in users than logged out users. Especially it could be useful when we have for instance a e-commerce shop. So how to do it?

Step 1 - create menu for logged in users.

Notice the menu ID - it will be required later. So menu for logged users should have a "LOGOUT" menu item.

Step 2 - create menu for non-logged in users:

Step 3

Open functions.php file which is in your theme directory and paste this code:

	// Different menus to logged in users
	function md_nav_menu_args( $args = '' ) {
	if( is_user_logged_in() ) {
	// Menu for logged users
	$args['menu'] = 22;
	} else {
	// Menu for non-logged users
	$args['menu'] = 23;
	}
	return $args;
	}
	add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'md_nav_menu_args' );

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That's all! Now you can see you have two different menus depended on you are logged in or not.

Chris Texe