wp_setup_nav_menu_item() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Decorates a menu item object with the shared navigation menu item properties.

Description

Properties:

ID: The term_id if the menu item represents a taxonomy term.
attr_title: The title attribute of the link element for this menu item.
classes: The array of class attribute values for the link element of this menu item.
db_id: The DB ID of this item as a nav_menu_item object, if it exists (0 if it doesn’t exist).
description: The description of this menu item.
menu_item_parent: The DB ID of the nav_menu_item that is this item’s menu parent, if any. 0 otherwise.
object: The type of object originally represented, such as ‘category’, ‘post’, or ‘attachment’.
object_id: The DB ID of the original object this menu item represents, e.g. ID for posts and term_id for categories.
post_parent: The DB ID of the original object’s parent object, if any (0 otherwise).
post_title: A "no title" label if menu item represents a post that lacks a title.
target: The target attribute of the link element for this menu item.
title: The title of this menu item.
type: The family of objects originally represented, such as ‘post_type’ or ‘taxonomy’.
type_label: The singular label used to describe this type of menu item.
url: The URL to which this menu item points.
xfn: The XFN relationship expressed in the link of this menu item.
_invalid: Whether the menu item represents an object that no longer exists.

Parameters

$menu_itemobjectrequired: The menu item to modify.

Return

object The menu item with standard menu item properties.

Source

function wp_setup_nav_menu_item( $menu_item ) {	/** * Filters whether to short-circuit the wp_setup_nav_menu_item() output. * * Returning a non-null value from the filter will short-circuit wp_setup_nav_menu_item(), * returning that value instead. * * @since 6.3.0 * * @param object|null $modified_menu_item Modified menu item. Default null. * @param object $menu_item The menu item to modify. */	$pre_menu_item = apply_filters( 'pre_wp_setup_nav_menu_item', null, $menu_item );	if ( null !== $pre_menu_item ) {	return $pre_menu_item;	}	if ( isset( $menu_item->post_type ) ) {	if ( 'nav_menu_item' === $menu_item->post_type ) {	$menu_item->db_id = (int) $menu_item->ID;	$menu_item->menu_item_parent = ! isset( $menu_item->menu_item_parent ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_menu_item_parent', true ) : $menu_item->menu_item_parent;	$menu_item->object_id = ! isset( $menu_item->object_id ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_object_id', true ) : $menu_item->object_id;	$menu_item->object = ! isset( $menu_item->object ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_object', true ) : $menu_item->object;	$menu_item->type = ! isset( $menu_item->type ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_type', true ) : $menu_item->type;	if ( 'post_type' === $menu_item->type ) {	$object = get_post_type_object( $menu_item->object );	if ( $object ) {	$menu_item->type_label = $object->labels->singular_name;	// Denote post states for special pages (only in the admin).	if ( function_exists( 'get_post_states' ) ) {	$menu_post = get_post( $menu_item->object_id );	$post_states = get_post_states( $menu_post );	if ( $post_states ) {	$menu_item->type_label = wp_strip_all_tags( implode( ', ', $post_states ) );	}	}	} else {	$menu_item->type_label = $menu_item->object;	$menu_item->_invalid = true;	}	if ( 'trash' === get_post_status( $menu_item->object_id ) ) {	$menu_item->_invalid = true;	}	$original_object = get_post( $menu_item->object_id );	if ( $original_object ) {	$menu_item->url = get_permalink( $original_object->ID );	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */	$original_title = apply_filters( 'the_title', $original_object->post_title, $original_object->ID );	} else {	$menu_item->url = '';	$original_title = '';	$menu_item->_invalid = true;	}	if ( '' === $original_title ) {	/* translators: %d: ID of a post. */	$original_title = sprintf( __( '#%d (no title)' ), $menu_item->object_id );	}	$menu_item->title = ( '' === $menu_item->post_title ) ? $original_title : $menu_item->post_title;	} elseif ( 'post_type_archive' === $menu_item->type ) {	$object = get_post_type_object( $menu_item->object );	if ( $object ) {	$menu_item->title = ( '' === $menu_item->post_title ) ? $object->labels->archives : $menu_item->post_title;	$post_type_description = $object->description;	} else {	$post_type_description = '';	$menu_item->_invalid = true;	}	$menu_item->type_label = __( 'Post Type Archive' );	$post_content = wp_trim_words( $menu_item->post_content, 200 );	$post_type_description = ( '' === $post_content ) ? $post_type_description : $post_content;	$menu_item->url = get_post_type_archive_link( $menu_item->object );	} elseif ( 'taxonomy' === $menu_item->type ) {	$object = get_taxonomy( $menu_item->object );	if ( $object ) {	$menu_item->type_label = $object->labels->singular_name;	} else {	$menu_item->type_label = $menu_item->object;	$menu_item->_invalid = true;	}	$original_object = get_term( (int) $menu_item->object_id, $menu_item->object );	if ( $original_object && ! is_wp_error( $original_object ) ) {	$menu_item->url = get_term_link( (int) $menu_item->object_id, $menu_item->object );	$original_title = $original_object->name;	} else {	$menu_item->url = '';	$original_title = '';	$menu_item->_invalid = true;	}	if ( '' === $original_title ) {	/* translators: %d: ID of a term. */	$original_title = sprintf( __( '#%d (no title)' ), $menu_item->object_id );	}	$menu_item->title = ( '' === $menu_item->post_title ) ? $original_title : $menu_item->post_title;	} else {	$menu_item->type_label = __( 'Custom Link' );	$menu_item->title = $menu_item->post_title;	$menu_item->url = ! isset( $menu_item->url ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_url', true ) : $menu_item->url;	}	$menu_item->target = ! isset( $menu_item->target ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_target', true ) : $menu_item->target;	/** * Filters a navigation menu item's title attribute. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $item_title The menu item title attribute. */	$menu_item->attr_title = ! isset( $menu_item->attr_title ) ? apply_filters( 'nav_menu_attr_title', $menu_item->post_excerpt ) : $menu_item->attr_title;	if ( ! isset( $menu_item->description ) ) {	/** * Filters a navigation menu item's description. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $description The menu item description. */	$menu_item->description = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_description', wp_trim_words( $menu_item->post_content, 200 ) );	}	$menu_item->classes = ! isset( $menu_item->classes ) ? (array) get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_classes', true ) : $menu_item->classes;	$menu_item->xfn = ! isset( $menu_item->xfn ) ? get_post_meta( $menu_item->ID, '_menu_item_xfn', true ) : $menu_item->xfn;	} else {	$menu_item->db_id = 0;	$menu_item->menu_item_parent = 0;	$menu_item->object_id = (int) $menu_item->ID;	$menu_item->type = 'post_type';	$object = get_post_type_object( $menu_item->post_type );	$menu_item->object = $object->name;	$menu_item->type_label = $object->labels->singular_name;	if ( '' === $menu_item->post_title ) {	/* translators: %d: ID of a post. */	$menu_item->post_title = sprintf( __( '#%d (no title)' ), $menu_item->ID );	}	$menu_item->title = $menu_item->post_title;	$menu_item->url = get_permalink( $menu_item->ID );	$menu_item->target = '';	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/nav-menu.php */	$menu_item->attr_title = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_attr_title', '' );	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/nav-menu.php */	$menu_item->description = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_description', '' );	$menu_item->classes = array();	$menu_item->xfn = '';	}	} elseif ( isset( $menu_item->taxonomy ) ) {	$menu_item->ID = $menu_item->term_id;	$menu_item->db_id = 0;	$menu_item->menu_item_parent = 0;	$menu_item->object_id = (int) $menu_item->term_id;	$menu_item->post_parent = (int) $menu_item->parent;	$menu_item->type = 'taxonomy';	$object = get_taxonomy( $menu_item->taxonomy );	$menu_item->object = $object->name;	$menu_item->type_label = $object->labels->singular_name;	$menu_item->title = $menu_item->name;	$menu_item->url = get_term_link( $menu_item, $menu_item->taxonomy );	$menu_item->target = '';	$menu_item->attr_title = '';	$menu_item->description = get_term_field( 'description', $menu_item->term_id, $menu_item->taxonomy );	$menu_item->classes = array();	$menu_item->xfn = '';	}	/** * Filters a navigation menu item object. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param object $menu_item The menu item object. */	return apply_filters( 'wp_setup_nav_menu_item', $menu_item ); }

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘nav_menu_attr_title’, string $item_title ): Filters a navigation menu item’s title attribute.
apply_filters( ‘nav_menu_description’, string $description ): Filters a navigation menu item’s description.
apply_filters( ‘pre_wp_setup_nav_menu_item’, object|null $modified_menu_item, object $menu_item ): Filters whether to short-circuit the wp_setup_nav_menu_item() output.
apply_filters( ‘the_title’, string $post_title, int $post_id ): Filters the post title.
apply_filters( ‘wp_setup_nav_menu_item’, object $menu_item ): Filters a navigation menu item object.

Uses	Description
get_post_states()`wp-admin/includes/template.php`	Retrieves an array of post states from a post.
wp_strip_all_tags()`wp-includes/formatting.php`	Properly strips all HTML tags including ‘script’ and ‘style’.
wp_trim_words()`wp-includes/formatting.php`	Trims text to a certain number of words.
get_term_link()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Generates a permalink for a taxonomy term archive.
get_term_field()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Gets sanitized term field.
get_post_type_archive_link()`wp-includes/link-template.php`	Retrieves the permalink for a post type archive.
get_post_status()`wp-includes/post.php`	Retrieves the post status based on the post ID.
get_taxonomy()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.
get_term()`wp-includes/taxonomy.php`	Gets all term data from database by term ID.
get_permalink()`wp-includes/link-template.php`	Retrieves the full permalink for the current post or post ID.
apply_filters()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
get_post_meta()`wp-includes/post.php`	Retrieves a post meta field for the given post ID.
get_post_type_object()`wp-includes/post.php`	Retrieves a post type object by name.
get_post()`wp-includes/post.php`	Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.
is_wp_error()`wp-includes/load.php`	Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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Used by	Description
WP_REST_Menu_Items_Controller::get_nav_menu_item()`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menu-items-controller.php`	Gets the nav menu item, if the ID is valid.
WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::value()`wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php`	Get the instance data for a given nav_menu_item setting.
wp_ajax_add_menu_item()`wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php`	Handles adding a menu item via AJAX.

Changelog

Version	Description
3.0.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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gabbsmo 2 years ago

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Beware that $menu_item->menu_item_parent is a string, if you are in the good habit of using strict comparision (===), when for example comparing with another $post->ID.

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wp_setup_nav_menu_item( object $menu_item ): object

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