Title: Walker_Nav_Menu::__construct
Published: April 28, 2025

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# Walker_Nav_Menu::__construct()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu/__construct/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Constructor.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu/__construct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __construct() {
    	$this->privacy_policy_url = get_privacy_policy_url();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-walker-nav-menu.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-walker-nav-menu.php#L55)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-walker-nav-menu.php#L55-L57)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [get_privacy_policy_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_privacy_policy_url/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the URL to the privacy policy page.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [walk_nav_menu_tree()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/walk_nav_menu_tree/)`wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php` |

Retrieves the HTML list content for nav menu items.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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