# Front matter for nested menu does not work

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/front-matter-for-nested-menu-does-not-work/32413>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [April 17, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/front-matter-for-nested-menu-does-not-work/32413 "2021-04-17T14:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/front-matter-for-nested-menu-does-not-work/32413/10 "2021-04-17T18:16:08Z")

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The issue you ran into with menus was a side effect of creating a leaf bundle (index.md) instead of a branch bundle (\_index.md). Both of these are page bundles, which is covered pretty well here:

> **[Page Bundles](https://gohugo.io/content-management/page-bundles)**
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> Content organization using Page Bundles

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