wp_setup_nav_menu_item() WordPress Function

The wp_setup_nav_menu_item() function is used to setup a new nav menu item. This function takes an item object, and sets up the properties needed for the menu item.

wp_setup_nav_menu_item( object $menu_item ) #

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

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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.

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Parameters

$menu_item

(object)(Required)The menu item to modify.

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Return

(object) The menu item with standard menu item properties.

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Source

File: wp-includes/nav-menu.php

function wp_setup_nav_menu_item( $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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Uses

Uses
UsesDescription
wp-admin/includes/template.php:get_post_states()

Retrieves an array of post states from a post.

wp-includes/l10n.php:__()

Retrieve the translation of $text.

wp-includes/formatting.php:wp_strip_all_tags()

Properly strips all HTML tags including script and style

wp-includes/formatting.php:wp_trim_words()

Trims text to a certain number of words.

wp-includes/taxonomy.php:get_term_link()

Generates a permalink for a taxonomy term archive.

wp-includes/taxonomy.php:get_term_field()

Gets sanitized term field.

wp-includes/taxonomy.php:get_taxonomy()

Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.

wp-includes/taxonomy.php:get_term()

Gets all term data from database by term ID.

wp-includes/link-template.php:get_post_type_archive_link()

Retrieves the permalink for a post type archive.

wp-includes/link-template.php:get_permalink()

Retrieves the full permalink for the current post or post ID.

wp-includes/plugin.php:apply_filters()

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

wp-includes/post-template.php:the_title

Filters the post title.

wp-includes/post.php:get_post_meta()

Retrieves a post meta field for the given post ID.

wp-includes/post.php:get_post_type_object()

Retrieves a post type object by name.

wp-includes/post.php:get_post()

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

wp-includes/post.php:get_post_status()

Retrieve the post status based on the post ID.

wp-includes/nav-menu.php:nav_menu_attr_title

Filters a navigation menu item’s title attribute.

wp-includes/nav-menu.php:nav_menu_description

Filters a navigation menu item’s description.

wp-includes/nav-menu.php:wp_setup_nav_menu_item

Filters a navigation menu item object.

wp-includes/load.php:is_wp_error()

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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Changelog

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VersionDescription
3.0.0Introduced.
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