diff --git a/wp-admin/nav-menus.php b/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
index d02364f035..c322badc8d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
+++ b/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ switch ( $action ) {
// Add Menu
if ( isset($_POST['create-menu-button']) ) {
- if ( current_theme_supports('nav-menus') ) {
+ if ( current_theme_supports('nav-menus') || current_theme_supports('widgets') ) {
$add_nav_menu = esc_html( $_POST['create-menu-name'] );
if ( $add_nav_menu ) {
@@ -214,15 +214,21 @@ add_meta_box( 'create-menu', __('Create Menu'), 'wp_nav_menu_create_metabox', 'n
// The user has no menus.
if ( !is_nav_menu( $nav_menu_selected_id ) ) {
$messages_div = '
' . __('You do not have any menus. Create a new menu.') . '
';
-
+
// The theme supports menus
} elseif ( current_theme_supports('nav-menus') ) {
-
// Register nav menu metaboxes
add_meta_box( 'manage-menu', __( 'Menu Settings' ), 'wp_nav_menu_manage_menu_metabox', 'nav-menus', 'side', 'high', array( $nav_menu_selected_id, $nav_menu_selected_title ) );
wp_nav_menu_metaboxes_setup();
-// The theme does not support menus
+// The theme does not support menus but supports widgets
+} elseif ( current_theme_supports('widgets') ) {
+ // Register nav menu metaboxes
+ add_meta_box( 'manage-menu', __( 'Menu Settings' ), 'wp_nav_menu_manage_menu_metabox', 'nav-menus', 'side', 'high', array( $nav_menu_selected_id, $nav_menu_selected_title ) );
+ wp_nav_menu_metaboxes_setup();
+ $messages_div = '' . __('The current theme does not natively support menus, but you can use the “Navigation Menu” widget to add any menus you create here to the theme’s sidebar.') . '
';
+
+// The theme supports neither menus nor widgets.
} else {
remove_meta_box( 'create-menu', 'nav-menus', 'side' );
$messages_div = '' . __('The current theme does not support menus.') . '
';
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ require_once( 'admin-header.php' );
- 1 && current_theme_supports('nav-menus') ) : ?>
+ 1 && ( current_theme_supports('nav-menus') || current_theme_supports('widgets') ) ) : ?>