start_el() should get this information in its $args parameter, but it appears WordPress only fills this in if $args is an array, while for the custom navigation menus it is an object. This is reported in a Trac ticket. But no problem, you can fill this in yourself, if you also override the display_element() method … Read more
OK, I found the answer to this one and its surprisingly simple but maddeningly frustrating at the same time. All you have to do is click “Screen Options” while viewing the “Custom Menu” manager and place a check beside “Posts” to show the elusive hidden “Posts” widget. Now you can add “Posts” to your custom … Read more
There’s a simpler solution. Forget creating pages for each post type just so you can have nav items, because as you have learned, WP has no way of recognizing that the custom types you are browsing are related to that page. Instead, create a custom link in Appearance->Menus. Just put the URL that will return … Read more
I have a few ideas: Set the custom link to # which won’t return anything Add a custom class to the items and then use jQuery to remove the links. Use a PHP equivalent to the jQuery method Use the Disable Parent Menu Link plugin (or take it apart and write your own)
Hi @BinaryBit: It’s no wonder you are a bit frustrated; the admin menu is one of the most obtuse and frustrating implementations through WordPress core. Honestly, I don’t know what they were thinking when they designed it that way. @EAMann did an excellent job of explaining how the admin menus work in WordPress (I wish … Read more
To only add the custom search box to the main menu you could pass the second parameter provided by the wp_nav_menu_items filter and check if the theme_location is the primary location add_filter(‘wp_nav_menu_items’,’search_box_function’, 10, 2); function search_box_function( $nav, $args ) { if( $args->theme_location == ‘primary’ ) return $nav.”<li class=”menu-header-search”><form action=’http://example.com/’ id=’searchform’ method=’get’><input type=”text” name=”s” id=’s’ placeholder=”Search”></form></li>”; … Read more
To get your custom post types to show up in Appearance -> Menus, you need to do two things: Check your arguments and make sure that show_in_nav_menus is set to true. Go to the Appearance -> Menus page and at the very top, click on Screen Options. In the panel that opens, make sure that … Read more
This will add a custom field to the menu item edit. However, you will not see the custom field until you have saved the menu for the newly added menu item. When you first add an item, you will only see the standard fields. After save, the new field will be available also for edit. … Read more
The parameter ‘items_wrap’ for wp_nav_menu() defaults to: ‘<ul id=”%1$s” class=”%2$s”>%3$s</ul>’ This a a template that is parsed with sprintf(): $nav_menu .= sprintf( $args->items_wrap , esc_attr( $wrap_id ) // %1$s , esc_attr( $wrap_class ) // %2$s , $items // %3$s ); The numbered placeholders – %1$s, %2$s, %3$s – refer to the arguments after the first … Read more
I might be misunderstanding you, but why not use wp_create_nav_menu()? E.g., this is what I do to create a custom BuddyPress menu when I detect BP as active: $menuname = $lblg_themename . ‘ BuddyPress Menu’; $bpmenulocation = ‘lblgbpmenu’; // Does the menu exist already? $menu_exists = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $menuname ); // If it doesn’t exist, let’s … Read more