---
title: "Breaking: #79622 - Dedicated content elements for menus"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-79622-1668719270"
source: "Changelog/8.6/Breaking-79622-DedicatedContentElementsForMenus.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:47:36+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #79622 - Dedicated content elements for menus

See [forge#79622](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/79622)

## Description

For better maintainability the currently existing content element
menu has been split into dedicated content elements.

| Database Key | Name | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| menu_abstract | Abstracts | Menu of subpages of selected pages including abstracts |
| menu_categorized_content | Categorized content | Content elements for selected categories |
| menu_categorized_pages | Categorized pages | Pages for selected categories |
| menu_pages | Pages | Menu of selected pages |
| menu_subpages | Subpages | Menu of subpages of selected pages |
| menu_recently_updated | Recently updated pages | Menu of recently updated pages |
| menu_related_pages | Related pages | Menu of related pages based on keywords |
| menu_section | Section index | Page content marked for section menus |
| menu_section_pages | Section index of subpages | Menu of subpages of selected pages including sections |
| menu_sitemap | Sitemap | Expanded menu of all pages and subpages for selected pages |
| menu_sitemap_pages | Sitemaps of selected pages | Expanded menu of all subpages for selected pages |

## Affected Installations

All installations that use the content element "menu".

## Migration

Run the migration wizard in the install tool. All shipped menu types from the
TYPO3 core will be migrated to the new dedicated elements.

The migration is optional, you can also enable the extension `compatibility7`
that will make the old menu content element available again.