{"id":15706,"date":"2026-05-11T19:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/?page_id=15706"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:59:10","slug":"navigation-widget-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/widgets\/navigation-widget-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigation Widget (Section)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School of Medicine websites use a left-hand navigation menu to display links to pages within each section of the site. This navigation is automatically generated using the <strong>&#8220;Navigation Widget (Section)&#8221;<\/strong> widget.<\/p>\n<h2>How the Left Navigation Works<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Navigation Widget (Section)<\/strong> widget automatically builds the left navigation based on your site\u2019s page structure.<\/p>\n<p>This widget comes preconfigured on all new sites.<\/p>\n<p>As pages are added, moved, or reorganized, the left navigation updates automatically.<\/p>\n<h3>Important<\/h3>\n<p>The left navigation depends on the <strong>Navigation Widget (Section)<\/strong> widget being present in the <strong>Primary<\/strong> widget area.<\/p>\n<p>If this widget is removed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The left navigation will no longer appear on the site<\/li>\n<li>Visitors will have difficulty navigating the site<\/li>\n<li>Only the top navigation will remain visible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because of this, sites should leave this widget in place.<\/p>\n<h2>Restoring the Left Navigation Widget<\/h2>\n<p>If the left navigation disappears, the widget may have been accidentally removed.<\/p>\n<p>To add it back:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the dashboard, go to <strong>Appearance \u2192 Widgets<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Locate the <strong>Navigation Widget (Section)<\/strong> widget on the left side of the screen<\/li>\n<li>You can then add it to the <strong>Primary<\/strong> widget area using either of the following methods:\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Drag and Drop<\/strong> \u2013 Drag the widget into the <strong>Primary<\/strong> widget area on the right side of the screen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add Widget Button<\/strong> \u2013 Click on the widget, select <strong>Primary<\/strong> from the pop-up menu, then click <strong>Add Widget<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once added back, the left navigation should immediately reappear on the site.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15712 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-1024x767.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Widgets interface highlighting the Navigation Widget (section) being dragged into the Primary widget area, links to full-size image.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-1536x1151.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-280x210.png 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section-560x420.png 560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/05\/navigation-widget-section.png 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class = \"alert alert-info  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The left navigation is generated from your site\u2019s page structure. For detailed instructions on managing and organizing it, review the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/navigation\/left-navigation\/\">Left Navigation documentation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School of Medicine websites use a left-hand navigation menu to display links to pages within each section of the site. This navigation is automatically generated using the &#8220;Navigation Widget (Section)&#8221; widget. How the Left Navigation Works The Navigation Widget (Section) widget automatically builds the left navigation based on your site\u2019s page structure. This widget comes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/widgets\/navigation-widget-section\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Navigation Widget (Section)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3206,"featured_media":0,"parent":7698,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-15706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15706"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15743,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15706\/revisions\/15743"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}