Title: MslsMenu
Author: Dennis Ploetner
Published: <strong>September 18, 2014</strong>
Last modified: August 24, 2026

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# MslsMenu

 By [Dennis Ploetner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/realloc/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mslsmenu.3.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/#installation)
 * [Development](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/)

## Description

The [Multisite Language Switcher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-language-switcher/)
already offers plenty of ways to output its language links: a block, the shortcodes`[
sc_msls]` and `[sc_msls_widget]`, the classic widget, a content filter, and the `
msls_the_switcher()` API for your theme files.

What none of them covers is a navigation menu. A classic menu rendered by `wp_nav_menu()`
accepts menu items and nothing else, so there is no slot for a block or a shortcode
inside it – and writing a custom walker into the theme is more work than most sites
are willing to spend on a language switcher.

**MslsMenu** closes that gap. Select the theme locations you want in the settings
and the language links are appended to every menu rendered at those locations. No
theme edit, no PHP, no custom walker.

## Screenshots

[⌊Edit menus⌉⌊Edit menus⌉[

Edit menus

[⌊Manage locations⌉⌊Manage locations⌉[

Manage locations

[⌊Plugin configuration⌉⌊Plugin configuration⌉[

Plugin configuration

[⌊Output in the primary nav menu⌉⌊Output in the primary nav menu⌉[

Output in the primary nav menu

## Installation

 * Use the WordPress plugin installation and search for “MslsMenu”.
 * Alternatively, download the plugin, uncompress it with your preferred unzip programme
   and upload the folder `mslsmenu` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 * Activate the plugin
 * You will find the configuration of the plugin once in each blog in Settings -
   > Multisite Language Switcher
 * Set the menu specific options such as `<li class="msls-menu">` before the item
   output or the description. Please, check the Screenshots-section too!

## FAQ

### Does this work with the Navigation block of a block theme?

No. MslsMenu hooks into `wp_nav_menu_items`, a filter of the classic `wp_nav_menu()`
function, and the Navigation block does not run through it. In a block theme use
the block of the Multisite Language Switcher instead and place it next to the Navigation
block in your header template.

### Do I need the Multisite Language Switcher?

Yes, version 3.0 or newer, installed and active. MslsMenu is an add-on and declares
the dependency through its `Requires Plugins` header. That header cannot express
a minimum version, so against an older Multisite Language Switcher MslsMenu stays
inactive and explains itself with an admin notice.

### Where are the settings?

In `Settings` -> `Multisite Language Switcher` of each site. MslsMenu adds its own“
Menu Settings” section to that page.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Einrichtung Schwierig für WP-Anfänger](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keine-chance-als-anfanger-bei-der-einrichtung/)󠁿

 [luisurday](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luisurday/) April 21, 2023 3 replies

Als WP-Anfänger habe ich es relativ gut hinbekommen, mit ein wenig Recherche ein
Multisite-Netzwerk aufzubauen. Jetzt bin ich seit vielen Stunden daran, meine Multisites
mit Hilfe von msls und mslsmenu mehrsprachig hinzubekommen – keine Chance! Die Anleitungen
auf englisch oder deutsch sind für Anfänger schwer zu verstehen, einfache Screenshots
ohne große Beschreibung helfen da auch nicht wirklich. Es entsteht der Eindruck,
dass dieses Plugin nur für mindestens Fortgeschrittene WP-Nutzer ausgelegt ist, 
welche sofort alles verstehen und nachvollziehen können. Sehr schade! Ich würde 
mich über jede Hilfe und Unterstützung in der Umsetzung freuen!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works great and great support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-and-great-support-9/)󠁿

 [lauritu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lauritu/) April 12, 2020

The title says everything

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-9690/)󠁿

 [keramiko](https://profiles.wordpress.org/keramiko/) May 8, 2019

super plug-in , thank you very much to the developers!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[A bit difficult to setup, but works great.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/couldt-get-it-to-work/)󠁿

 [Jeff Crawford](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jcdigital/) September 3, 2016 3 
replies

OK, after some help from the author, I finally got it to work. Now it works great.
This would be 5 stars, but it’s a little difficult for a novice like me to setup.
Could be easily fixed with just a little documentation or explainer video.

 [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“MslsMenu” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Dennis Ploetner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/realloc/)

“MslsMenu” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mslsmenu/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “MslsMenu” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mslsmenu)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mslsmenu/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mslsmenu/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mslsmenu/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mslsmenu/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 3.0.2

 * An admin notice explains why MslsMenu is doing nothing when Multisite Language
   Switcher is older than 3.0.
 * The release is built and checked in CI, deployed from the same distribution Plugin
   Check verifies, and published with a build provenance attestation.
 * The translation files were regenerated.

#### 2.5.1

 * plugin check integration added
 * missing license problem addressed
 * MslsOutput class deprecated init in favour of a function

#### 2.4.1

 * readme.txt tags updated
 * Plugin check issues fixed
 * “Requires Plugins” added

#### 2.3.2

 * Pest as new dev/tester dependency

#### 2.2.6

 * Unit testing completed
 * phpstan config excluded
 * Pest for Unit tests added
 * PHP 7.1 as minimum declared

#### 1.0

 * marked as stable
 * WordPress Coding Standards
 * PHPDocs

## Meta

 *  Version **3.0.2**
 *  Last updated **1 week ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/),
   [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mslsmenu)
 * Tags
 * [menu](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/)[multilingual](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multilingual/)
   [multisite](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)[switcher](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/switcher/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/mslsmenu/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.6 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  6 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mslsmenu/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Dennis Ploetner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/realloc/)

## Support

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