wp_save_nav_menu_items( int $menu_id = 0, array[] $menu_data = array() ): int[]

Compatibility

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.

Parameters

$menu_idintoptional

The menu ID for which to save this item. Value of 0 makes a draft, orphaned menu item. Default 0.Default: 0

$menu_dataarray[]optional

The unsanitized POSTed menu item data.Default: array()

Return value

int[]

The database IDs of the items saved

Performance profile

How much work a call to wp_save_nav_menu_items() 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

Heavy

Reaches the database via get_term().

Scaling

Scales with input

The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.

Instructions

11–12

Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 131.

Plugin surface

None

Nothing here hands control to plugin code.

Called by

1

1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.

What it touches

• querycontent queryget_term()one call below wp_save_nav_menu_items()
• hookthird-party callbacksdo_action()one call below wp_save_nav_menu_items()

Further down the call graph this can also reach option, cache, serialize 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 · 1 distinct outcome

One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_save_nav_menu_items() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.

This body has more branch combinations than are worth enumerating, so the table covers the outcomes found first rather than every one that exists.

Uses · 2

• is_nav_menu()Determines whether the given ID is a navigation menu.
• wp_update_nav_menu_item()Saves the properties of a menu item or create a new one.

Used by · 1

• wp_ajax_add_menu_item()Handles adding a menu item via AJAX.

Source code

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1131function wp_save_nav_menu_items( $menu_id = 0, $menu_data = array() ) {1132	$menu_id     = (int) $menu_id;1133	$items_saved = array();1134 1135	if ( 0 === $menu_id || is_nav_menu( $menu_id ) ) {1136 1137		// Loop through all the menu items' POST values.1138		foreach ( (array) $menu_data as $_possible_db_id => $_item_object_data ) {1139			if (1140				// Checkbox is not checked.1141				empty( $_item_object_data['menu-item-object-id'] ) &&1142				(1143					// And item type either isn't set.1144					! isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-type'] ) ||1145					// Or URL is the default.1146					in_array( $_item_object_data['menu-item-url'], array( 'https://', 'http://', '' ), true ) ||1147					// Or it's not a custom menu item (but not the custom home page).1148					! ( 'custom' === $_item_object_data['menu-item-type'] && ! isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id'] ) ) ||1149					// Or it *is* a custom menu item that already exists.1150					! empty( $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id'] )1151				)1152			) {1153				// Then this potential menu item is not getting added to this menu.1154				continue;1155			}1156 1157			// If this possible menu item doesn't actually have a menu database ID yet.1158			if (1159				empty( $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id'] ) ||1160				( 0 > $_possible_db_id ) ||1161				$_possible_db_id !== (int) $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id']1162			) {1163				$_actual_db_id = 0;1164			} else {1165				$_actual_db_id = (int) $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id'];1166			}1167 1168			$args = array(1169				'menu-item-db-id'       => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-db-id'] : '' ),1170				'menu-item-object-id'   => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-object-id'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-object-id'] : '' ),1171				'menu-item-object'      => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-object'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-object'] : '' ),1172				'menu-item-parent-id'   => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-parent-id'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-parent-id'] : '' ),1173				'menu-item-position'    => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-position'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-position'] : '' ),1174				'menu-item-type'        => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-type'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-type'] : '' ),1175				'menu-item-title'       => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-title'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-title'] : '' ),1176				'menu-item-url'         => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-url'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-url'] : '' ),1177				'menu-item-description' => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-description'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-description'] : '' ),1178				'menu-item-attr-title'  => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-attr-title'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-attr-title'] : '' ),1179				'menu-item-target'      => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-target'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-target'] : '' ),1180				'menu-item-classes'     => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-classes'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-classes'] : '' ),1181				'menu-item-xfn'         => ( isset( $_item_object_data['menu-item-xfn'] ) ? $_item_object_data['menu-item-xfn'] : '' ),1182			);1183 1184			$items_saved[] = wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id, $_actual_db_id, $args );1185 1186		}1187	}1188 1189	return $items_saved;1190}

Changelog

Introduced in 3.0.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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