You just need to create your own walker class and extend start_el
method. This method builds a
link and you will be able to add your span
before it:
class Wpse8170_Menu_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu {
var $number = 1;
function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 ) {
$indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';
$class_names = $value="";
$classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
$classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;
$class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item, $args ) );
$class_names = $class_names ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"' : '';
$id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
$id = $id ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
$output .= $indent . '<li' . $id . $value . $class_names .'>';
// add span with number here
if ( $depth == 0 ) { // remove if statement if depth check is not required
$output .= sprintf( '<span>%02s.</span>', $this->number++ );
}
$atts = array();
$atts['title'] = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? $item->attr_title : '';
$atts['target'] = ! empty( $item->target ) ? $item->target : '';
$atts['rel'] = ! empty( $item->xfn ) ? $item->xfn : '';
$atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
$atts = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', $atts, $item, $args );
$attributes="";
foreach ( $atts as $attr => $value ) {
if ( ! empty( $value ) ) {
$value = ( 'href' === $attr ) ? esc_url( $value ) : esc_attr( $value );
$attributes .= ' ' . $attr . '="' . $value . '"';
}
}
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'>';
$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
$item_output .= '</a>';
$item_output .= $args->after;
$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
}
}
After it you will be able to use this class in your wp_nav_menu
function call:
wp_nav_menu(
array(
"container" => "nav",
"container_class" => "container",
"container_id" => "nav",
"fallback_cb" => false,
"menu_class" => "six columns omega main-nav sf-menu",
"theme_location" => "main-nav",
"walker" => 'Wpse8170_Menu_Walker',
)
);