Groundworx Navigation – Responsive Menu & Mobile Navigation Block vs Nav Menu Roles

Groundworx Navigation is a powerful responsive navigation block for WordPress block themes. Build professional navigation menus, mobile-responsive hamburger menus, modal overlays, dropdown navigation, and sticky headers—all with native Gutenberg blocks. No coding required. Perfect for theme.json block themes, this navigation block gives you complete control over your site’s header navigation, mobile menu behavior, and responsive breakpoints. Why Choose Groundworx Navigation? Replace complex navigation plugins with a native Gutenberg block solution. Whether you need a simple navigation bar, mobile hamburger menu, full-screen modal overlay, or off-canvas slide-in drawer—Groundworx Navigation handles it all. Perfect for: * Block theme developers building custom navigation headers * Sites requiring mobile-first responsive navigation menus * Accessibility-focused WordPress navigation * Portfolio and business sites with sticky navigation headers * Multi-level navigation structures and deep site menus Key Features Native Gutenberg Navigation Block Build your navigation menu entirely in the WordPress Block Editor—no shortcodes, no legacy menu screens, just blocks. Four Responsive Layout Templates – Modal Navigation – Full-screen overlay menu for mobile devices – Modal Dropdown – Dropdown header navigation on desktop, modal on mobile – Slide-In Navigation – Off-canvas drawer navigation from right edge – Classic Navigation – Traditional navigation bar with hamburger menu collapse Multiple Menu Display Styles Accordion menus · Accordion Alt · List navigation · Vertical menus · Horizontal navigation bars — mix and match with any layout template. Smart Responsive Behavior Set responsive breakpoints (tablet, laptop, desktop, large-desktop) and watch your navigation automatically collapse to a hamburger menu or modal overlay at your chosen screen size. Flexible Position Controls Relative, Sticky Header, Fixed Navigation, or Scroll-Up Reveal—create sticky navigation headers without writing custom CSS. Accessibility-First Navigation Built-in focus traps, ESC key close, arrow-key navigation, and proper ARIA attributes make your menu accessible by default. Branding Integration Add Site Logo, Site Title, or Site Tagline blocks anywhere in your navigation header for seamless branding. Lightweight & Fast No jQuery bloat. Powered by WordPress’s native Interactivity API with vanilla JavaScript—no external libraries needed for responsive navigation. Submenu Controls * Control nesting depth (1-5 levels) for complex navigation structures * Indent or flatten submenu display * Hover or click to open dropdown submenus * Icon controls for submenu indicators Navigation Templates In Detail Modal Navigation Perfect for mobile-first sites. Creates a full-screen overlay navigation menu that slides in from the top or side. Ideal for clean, distraction-free mobile navigation. Modal Dropdown Navigation Best of both worlds: traditional dropdown navigation on desktop, modal overlay on mobile devices. Great for sites with many navigation items. Slide-In Navigation Off-canvas navigation drawer that slides in from the right edge. Popular for modern web apps and mobile-optimized sites. Classic Navigation Traditional horizontal navigation bar that collapses to a hamburger menu icon on smaller screens. The most familiar navigation pattern for users. Block Theme Ready Groundworx Navigation is built specifically for theme.json block themes. Works perfectly with: * Twenty Twenty-Four * Twenty Twenty-Five * Blockbase * Frost * Any FSE (Full Site Editing) block theme Note: Requires a theme.json-ready block theme. Not compatible with classic PHP themes.

This plugin lets you hide custom menu items based on user roles. So if you have a link in the menu that you only want to show to logged in users, certain types of users, or even only to logged out users, this plugin is for you. Nav Menu Roles is very flexible. In addition to standard user roles, you can customize the functionality by adding your own check boxes with custom labels using the nav_menu_roles filter and then using the nav_menu_roles_item_visibility filter to check against whatever criteria you need. You can check against any user meta values (like capabilities) and any custom attributes added by other plugins. IMPORTANT NOTE In WordPress menu items and pages are completely separate entities. Nav Menu Roles does not restrict access to content. Nav Menu Roles is only for showing/hiding nav menu items. If you wish to restrict content then you need to also be using a membership plugin. Usage Go to Appearance > Menus Set the “Display Mode” to either “logged in users”, “logged out users”, or “everyone”. “Everyone” is the default. If you wish to customize by role, set the “Display Mode” to “Logged In Users” and under “Restrict menu item to a minimum role” check the boxes next to the desired roles. Keep in mind that the role doesn’t limit the item strictly to that role, but to everyone who has that role’s capability. For example: an item set to “Subscriber” will be visible by Subscribers and by admins. Think of this more as a minimum role required to see an item. Support Support is handled in the WordPress forums. Please note that support is limited and does not cover any custom implementation of the plugin. Before posting, please read the FAQ. Also, please verify the problem with other plugins disabled and while using a default theme. Please report any bugs, errors, warnings, code problems to GitHub