FW Food Menu – Documentation

Installation

FW Food Menu is installed as a standard WordPress plugin. Follow the steps below to get it running on your site.

1. Download the FW Food Menu plugin package from fastw3b.com.
2. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New.
3. Click Upload Plugin at the top of the page.
4. Select the downloaded ZIP file and click Install Now.
5. Once installation completes, click Activate Plugin.

After activation, FW Food Menu appears as a top-level item in the WordPress admin sidebar.

Admin Sections

The FW Food Menu admin area includes the following sections:

• Dashboard — overview of your menu setup
• Meals — add and manage individual meal items
• Categories — organise meals into menu categories
• Settings — configure display and behaviour options
• CSS — apply custom styles
• Translation — manage label and text translations

System Requirements

• WordPress 5.6 or higher
• PHP 8.1 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher

Quick Start

Once the plugin is active, follow these steps to display a food menu on your site:

1. Go to FW Food Menu → Categories and create at least one category (for example, "Starters").
2. Go to FW Food Menu → Meals, add your meals, and assign them to the category.
3. Create or edit a WordPress page and insert the shortcode [fwfm_menu] into the content area.
4. Publish the page and visit it in the browser to confirm the menu displays correctly.

FW Food Menu also supports the Gutenberg block editor. Two blocks are available in the block inserter under the FW Food Menu category — the Menu Block for displaying the full menu, and the Category Block for displaying a category list. Gutenberg blocks provide a visual alternative to shortcodes and produce the same output.