How to Improve Your Website Navigation (on any major platform)
Your website navigation shouldn't require a treasure map to figure out.
Whether you're adding a new service, rearranging your pages, or finally getting rid of that “Coming Soon” page from 2022, updating your navigation is usually pretty damn easy.
Here’s where to find it on the most popular website platforms.
Squarespace
Go to: Pages → Main Navigation
From there, you can:
Add pages to your navigation
Drag and drop pages to reorder them
Create dropdown folders
Remove pages from your navigation
Pro tip: A page can exist on your website without appearing in your navigation. If you don't want people clicking to it from the menu, move it to Not Linked.
Showit
Go to: Open your site in the Showit editor → Select your navigation/menu
Showit's navigation is built into your design rather than managed through a traditional “Pages” menu.
You can:
Edit the menu text
Link menu items to pages
Rearrange menu items
Add dropdowns
Change the navigation's design
Pro tip: If you change your navigation on the desktop canvas, check your mobile canvas, too. Showit gives you a lot of design freedom—which is lovely until your mobile menu decides to do its own thing.
Wix
Go to: Pages & Menu
From there, you can:
Add pages
Reorder pages
Rename menu items
Create dropdowns
Hide pages from the menu
Drag and drop your pages into the order you want.
Pro tip: Hiding a page from the menu doesn't delete it. It simply removes it from your navigation.
WordPress
This one depends slightly on your theme, because naturally, WordPress had to make things interesting.
Classic WordPress menus:
Go to: Appearance → Menus
Choose your menu, then:
Add pages
Drag to reorder
Create dropdowns
Remove items
Save your menu
Newer block themes:
Go to: Appearance → Editor → Navigation
Select your navigation and edit it directly in the Site Editor.
Pro tip: If you can't find Appearance → Menus, you're probably using a newer block theme. Don't panic. You're not going crazy.
GoDaddy
Go to: Website → Edit Website
Select your Header or Navigation section.
From there, you can generally:
Add pages
Remove pages
Reorder pages
Create dropdowns
Edit menu labels
The exact options can vary depending on which version of GoDaddy's website builder you're using.
Shopify
If you're selling products, there's a good chance you're using Shopify.
Go to: Online Store → Navigation
Select the menu you want to edit.
You can:
Add links
Reorder items
Create dropdowns
Remove links
Change link names
Pro tip: Your navigation can link to products, collections, pages, blog posts, and more—not just regular website pages.
Webflow
Go to: Open your project → Select your Navbar component
Webflow treats navigation more like a design element than a simple page list.
You'll typically edit:
Menu text
Links
Dropdowns
Navigation order
Mobile menu
Pro tip: Because Webflow is highly customizable, your exact setup may look different depending on how your site was built.
Framer
Go to: Open your project → Select your navigation component
Edit the text and links directly in the canvas.
You can also rearrange navigation items and edit the mobile menu separately.
Pro tip: If your navigation is a component, make sure you're editing the main component—not just one individual instance.
What Should Actually Be in Your Menu?
Here's the bigger question.
You don't need every single page on your website in your navigation.
For most businesses, I'd keep it simple:
Home | About | Services | Blog | Contact
Then customize based on what actually matters to your customer.
For example:
Home | About | Services | Portfolio | Blog | Work With Me
Your navigation should help someone answer one question:
“Where the hell do I go next?”
Not:
“How many pages can this woman fit in a header?”
Keep it clear. Keep it simple. And please, for the love of good UX, don't make people hunt for your contact button.
