wp_nav_menu_setup()
- Since
- 3.0.0
- Source
wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php:186
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 3.0.0
- PHP
- 7.4–8.6-dev
- 6.7.7
- 6.8.8
- 6.9.7
- 7.0.4
- 7.1.0
Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_nav_menu_setup() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Trivial
- Scaling
- Constant
- Instructions
- 25–35
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 0
Touches nothing outside its own arguments.
No loop in the body: the same number of instructions runs whatever you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 35.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
Nothing in core calls this; the cost is only what you spend yourself.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()one call below wp_nav_menu_setup()
Further down the call graph this can also reach query, serialize, cache, option and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 2 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_nav_menu_setup() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
| always | 25 | wp_nav_menu_post_type_meta_boxes(), __(), add_meta_box(), wp_nav_menu_taxonomy_meta_boxes(), add_filter(), get_user_option() |
| always | 35 | wp_nav_menu_post_type_meta_boxes(), __(), add_meta_box(), wp_nav_menu_taxonomy_meta_boxes(), add_filter(), get_user_option(), wp_get_current_user(), update_user_meta() |
Across PHP versions
Compiles the same on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6-dev: 35 instructions, 25–35 executed per call, 1 branch. The work does not change between versions.
An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.
Uses · 8
- wp_nav_menu_post_type_meta_boxes()Creates meta boxes for any post type menu item.
- add_meta_box()Adds a meta box to one or more screens.
- __()Retrieves the translation of $text.
- wp_nav_menu_taxonomy_meta_boxes()Creates meta boxes for any taxonomy menu item.
- add_filter()Adds a callback function to a filter hook.
- get_user_option()Retrieves user option that can be either per Site or per Network.
- wp_get_current_user()Retrieves the current user object.
- update_user_meta()Updates user meta field based on user ID.
Source code
function wp_nav_menu_setup() { // Register meta boxes. wp_nav_menu_post_type_meta_boxes(); add_meta_box( 'add-custom-links', __( 'Custom Links' ), 'wp_nav_menu_item_link_meta_box', 'nav-menus', 'side', 'default' ); wp_nav_menu_taxonomy_meta_boxes(); // Register advanced menu items (columns). add_filter( 'manage_nav-menus_columns', 'wp_nav_menu_manage_columns' ); // If first time editing, disable advanced items by default. if ( false === get_user_option( 'managenav-menuscolumnshidden' ) ) { $user = wp_get_current_user(); update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'managenav-menuscolumnshidden', array( 0 => 'link-target', 1 => 'css-classes', 2 => 'xfn', 3 => 'description', 4 => 'title-attribute', ) ); }}Changelog
Introduced in 3.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
About this page
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