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WP Menu CPT

MU plugin to manage and display restaurant menus in WordPress.

by André Marinho · github.com/andre-lmarinho/wp-menu-cpt

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/andre-lmarinho/wp-menu-cpt/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/andre-lmarinho/wp-menu-cpt ↗

A WordPress MU plugin that registers a Menu Item custom post type with categories, pricing, CSV import, image linking, and shortcode rendering. Ideal for restaurants, cafés, and food-service businesses.

Features

  • Custom Post Type (menu_item) with full admin UI
  • Hierarchical taxonomy (menu_category) with sort order and layout options
  • Price metabox with automatic numeric normalization
  • Single-category enforcement per item
  • CSV bulk import with delimiter auto-detection
  • Automatic image linking by item code
  • Shortcodes for rendering menus on the frontend
  • Two layout modes: Simple (list) and Media (with thumbnails)
  • Inline styles — no external CSS dependencies
  • Fully sanitized and escaped (WPCS compliant)

Installation

  1. Copy the wp-menu-cpt/ folder into wp-content/mu-plugins/.
  2. WordPress will load it automatically on every request.

Alternatively, create a loader file at wp-content/mu-plugins/load-wp-menu-cpt.php:

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/wp-menu-cpt/wp-menu-cpt.php';

Shortcodes

Display a single category

[menu_category_display slug="appetizers"]
[menu_category_display id="5" layout="media" show_title="1"]

Attributes: id, slug, name, show_title (0|1), show_desc (0|1), show_price (0|1), layout (simple|media), limit, order (ASC|DESC), orderby (menu_order|title).

Display the full menu

[menu_full_display show_title="1" layout="simple"]

Auto-generated per-category shortcodes

Each category automatically gets a shortcode based on its slug:

[menu_appetizers]
[menu_main_courses]

CSV Format

The importer accepts CSV files with these columns (order does not matter):

Category,Name,Description,Price

See sample-data/sample-menu.csv for an example.

Synonyms are supported: Title/Product/Item for Name, Value for Price.

Configuration

Constants

Constant Default Description
MENU_CPT_VERSION 1.1.1 Plugin version
MENU_CPT_DIR __DIR__ Plugin root directory
MENU_CPT_INC_DIR MENU_CPT_DIR/includes Includes directory

Category metadata

Each category supports:

  • Order (integer) — controls display order in shortcodes
  • Layout (simple or media) — default layout for the category

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.1+
  • PHP 7.4+

Author

André Marinho — andremarinho.me

License

GPL-2.0-or-later