Menu Access

To show or hide a navigation link based on membership, use the Meta Membership – Menu Controls section on each menu item. This controls whether the link appears — useful for hiding members-only sections from visitors who can’t access them anyway.

For the shared concepts — the access ladder, restricting by type, and the warning about two access systems — see [Access Control – Overview].

👉 Menu visibility hides the link, not the destination. For true protection, also restrict the target page itself via [Page/Post Access] — otherwise someone with the direct URL could still reach it. Think of menu controls as tidying the navigation, and page/post permissions as the actual lock.

Go to Appearance > Menus and expand a menu item. The Meta Membership – Menu Controls section appears within it, below the standard WordPress fields (Navigation Label, Menu Parent, and so on). If Ultimate Member is active, its Menu Settings sit just below — configure the Meta Membership controls, not both. See [Access Control – Overview].

This menu is visible to — the same access ladder as posts and pages: Everyone, Logged-out users, Logged-in users, Logged-in members, or Logged-in members with an active membership (including grace).

Restrict to these membership types — tick specific types to show the link only to those, or leave all unchecked to show it to active members of all types. Same rule as the post meta-box.

Logout Menu — tick this to mark the item as a logout link. When ticked, the normal visibility controls are hidden, because a logout link has its own built-in logic: it’s shown only to logged-in users (there’s nothing to log out of otherwise) and points to the logout action. Use it for a “Log out” entry in your menu; leave it unticked for ordinary navigation links.

Save the menu to apply.