Title: WP_Admin_Bar::_render_group
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Admin_Bar::_render_group( object $node, string|bool $menu_title = false )

## In this article

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

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## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render_group/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$node`objectrequired

`$menu_title`string|booloptional

The accessible name of this ARIA menu or false if not provided.

Default:`false`

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

    ```php
    final protected function _render_group( $node, $menu_title = false ) {
    	if ( 'container' === $node->type ) {
    		$this->_render_container( $node );
    		return;
    	}
    	if ( 'group' !== $node->type || empty( $node->children ) ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	if ( ! empty( $node->meta['class'] ) ) {
    		$class = ' class="' . esc_attr( trim( $node->meta['class'] ) ) . '"';
    	} else {
    		$class = '';
    	}

    	if ( empty( $menu_title ) ) {
    		echo "<ul role='menu' id='" . esc_attr( 'wp-admin-bar-' . $node->id ) . "'$class>";
    	} else {
    		echo "<ul role='menu' aria-label='" . esc_attr( $menu_title ) . "' id='" . esc_attr( 'wp-admin-bar-' . $node->id ) . "'$class>";
    	}
    	foreach ( $node->children as $item ) {
    		$this->_render_item( $item );
    	}
    	echo '</ul>';
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php/)
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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render_group/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Admin_Bar::_render_container()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render_container/)`wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php` |  | 
| [WP_Admin_Bar::_render_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php` |  | 
| [esc_attr()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Escaping for HTML attributes.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Admin_Bar::_render()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render/)`wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php` |  | 
| [WP_Admin_Bar::_render_container()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render_container/)`wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php` |  | 
| [WP_Admin_Bar::_render_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_admin_bar/_render_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php` |  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Added `$menu_title` parameter to allow an ARIA menu name. | 
| [3.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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