## Mega menus

Product: Verba - Modern Blog & Magazine WordPress Theme
URL: https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/docs/verba/header-and-footer/mega-menus
Updated: 2026-09-22
Summary: Turn a narrow dropdown into a wide panel of columns. Set per menu item rather than globally, built from nested items, with room for a banner.
Availability: Pro only.

Instead of a narrow column of links, the submenu opens as a wide panel with the items laid out in columns. The reason is simple: past a certain number of sections, a single column stops being a menu and becomes a list nobody reads.

## Turning it on

This is a setting on one menu item, not a global switch. At [[Appearance > Menus]], open the item and set its **submenu type** to columns megamenu. See Menu item options.

Two limits worth knowing before you start:

- Only top-level items get a mega menu. A nested item does not.
- The columns are built from that item nested items. No nested items, no content, so build the menu structure first.

A long list can be split into columns automatically by setting how many items go in a column, and you can allow one more level of nesting to the side.

## What to put in it

Beyond links, the panel takes a banner column with an image and a link. That is the simplest way to make the menu a working surface rather than an inventory.

Item subtitles show here too, when they are enabled. A short line under a name often explains a section better than the name does.

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A mega menu earns its space when there is a structure behind it. Over five links it looks empty, and the reader notices the effort more than the content.

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<details><summary>The panel opens but is blank</summary>

The item has no nested items. The columns come from them.

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<details><summary>Can I set the number of columns directly?</summary>

You set how many items go in a column, and the panel arranges itself from that. It keeps the columns balanced as you add items.

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