chordzillastatistics

I need to include the file menu-walker.php in the child theme. The link output in the menu is defined on line 200 of this file, and I need to make some changes there. However, when I copy menu-walker.php to the child theme, the changes I make do not appear on the site. If I make changes in this file within the parent theme, everything works as expected. The file nav.php is already included in the child theme without any issues, but menu-walker.php is not being included.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 1 day ago by chordzillastatistics.

Do I need to make changes in these lines of menu-walker.php?

// Output
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a' . $attributes . ' class="menu-link">';
$item_output .= $args->link_before . $title . $args->link_after;

// Description
if ( $item->description && 0 != $depth ) {
    $item_output .= '<span class="nav-content">' . $item->description . '</span>';
}

$item_output .= '</a>';

It seems that when I make changes here, nothing happens.

I added this file to the child theme. Could it be that it’s not being included? Do I need to connect it to the child theme somehow, or is it enough to recreate the same folder structure as in the main theme and just place the file there?

@skalanter

I’m using a child theme that I downloaded from your site.

OceanWP Child Theme

Ready-to-Use Child Theme for the OceanWP free WordPress theme. Usage

Download the child theme zip file. Upload the zip (oceanwp-child-theme-master.zip) under your WordPress dashboard, Appearance > Themes.The other method would be to extract files and upload via FTP at wp-content/themes/. Renaming

You can rename the zip file so it isn’t called oceanwp-child-theme-master.zip.
You can also change the “Theme Name” at the top of the style.css file, as well as the rest of information in the same file. This is called whitelabeling a child theme.

I haven’t made any changes to the fonts. Everything started after the theme’s automatic update. After reverting to the previous version, the issue disappeared, and the site became fast again. However, some settings in the admin panel were lost, so I had to return to the new version.

Now, I’ve just disabled Google Fonts and linked the necessary fonts locally.

Everything is fine now, so you can focus on other users with similar issues. I don’t plan on going back to using Google Fonts with this theme; I’m hesitant to do so now.

I confirm the theory about using Google Fonts. As soon as they’re enabled, the pages start loading in several seconds. In the old version of the theme, there was no such issue, and pages loaded instantly. The problem occurs specifically when Google Fonts are activated. I’m using a child theme.

Hi. I’ve been using the theme for a couple of months. I had automatic theme updates enabled and wasn’t aware an update was coming. Now, after the update, my site is incredibly slow. PageSpeed and Lighthouse tests show great results, but switching between pages takes several seconds. There are no analytics or ad systems on my site that could slow it down. This issue started right after the update.

If I compare my site with your theme (without ads or analytics) to another site that handles 100,000 unique visitors daily, is heavily promoted, and has analytics but no caching plugin, your theme site is five times slower. My site has caching that was working perfectly before the update. Now, everything is very slow. How can I fix this? I might have to revert to the previous version of the theme because it’s impossible to work like this.

UPD. I reverted to version 3.6.1 of the theme, and everything is working as it should again.

• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by chordzillastatistics.
• This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by chordzillastatistics.