To place a back button inside your navigation menu, use the Menu Options section in Back Button Anywhere Widget for WordPress. This is a Pro feature: it appends the button as the last item of any menu location or menu you choose, so visitors get a “Back” control right in the navigation.
Before you start #
- Back Button Anywhere Widget for WordPress Pro, activated.
- At least one menu created at Appearance > Menus, or a theme that registers menu locations.
Step-by-step setup #
- Go to WPFactory > Back Button and find the Menu Options section.
- Set Enable section to Yes.
- Choose where the button goes, using either field (or both):
- Menu location(s): theme-registered locations such as Primary or Footer.
- Menu(s): specific menus you built. Hold
Ctrlto select more than one.
- Optionally set the Button markup and the Item template (see below).
- Save changes and view your site. The button appears as the last item in each selected menu.
Options reference #
| Label | Option ID | Default | Free/Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enable section | menu_enabled |
No | Pro |
| Menu location(s) | menu_theme_locations |
None | Pro |
| Menu(s) | menu_ids |
None | Pro |
| Button | menu_button |
[alg_back_button label="Back" type="simple"] |
Pro |
| Item template | menu_item_template |
<li>%button%</li> |
Pro |
| Replace URL | menu_replace_url_enabled |
No | Pro |
Button and item template #
The Button field holds the shortcode that produces the menu button. Leave it empty to use the default, [alg_back_button label="Back" type="simple"], or change the label, add an icon, or swap the type. The Item template wraps that button in the list markup: %button% is replaced by the rendered button. The default wraps it in an <li> so it sits correctly among your menu items.
Second method: the Replace URL token #
If you would rather add the button by hand as a menu item, use the Replace URL method:
- In Menu Options, set Enable section to Yes and Replace URL to Yes.
- Go to Appearance > Menus and add a Custom Link.
- Set its URL to
[ALG_BACK_BUTTON]and give it any link text. - Save. The plugin replaces that token with
javascript:history.back()so the item acts as a back button.
Note: Replace URL only runs when Enable section is set to Yes. If you use the Custom Link token, keep the section enabled even though you are not selecting a menu location.
Troubleshooting #
- No button in the menu: confirm Enable section is Yes and that you selected the correct menu location or menu.
- Custom Link shows literal text: Replace URL must be Yes and the section enabled; the URL must be exactly
[ALG_BACK_BUTTON]. - Button in the wrong spot: it is always added as the last item; reorder your other menu items around it.
Ready to set this up? #
Menu placement is a Pro feature of Back Button Widget. If you are on the free version, upgrading takes a couple of minutes and unlocks menu buttons along with the floating button and hide/show rules. Get Back Button Widget Pro.