Title: WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Auto_Add_Control
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Auto_Add_Control {}

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Customize control to represent the auto_add field for a given menu.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_Customize_Control](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/)

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Auto_Add_Control::content_template](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/content_template/) | Render the Underscore template for this control. | 
| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Auto_Add_Control::render_content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_auto_add_control/render_content/) | No-op since we’re using JS template. |

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

    ```php
    class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Auto_Add_Control extends WP_Customize_Control {

    	/**
    	 * Type of control, used by JS.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.3.0
    	 * @var string
    	 */
    	public $type = 'nav_menu_auto_add';

    	/**
    	 * No-op since we're using JS template.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.3.0
    	 */
    	protected function render_content() {}

    	/**
    	 * Render the Underscore template for this control.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.3.0
    	 */
    	protected function content_template() {
    		?>
    		<# var elementId = _.uniqueId( 'customize-nav-menu-auto-add-control-' ); #>
    		<span class="customize-control-title"><?php _e( 'Menu Options' ); ?></span>
    		<span class="customize-inside-control-row">
    			<input id="{{ elementId }}" type="checkbox" class="auto_add" />
    			<label for="{{ elementId }}">
    				<?php _e( 'Automatically add new top-level pages to this menu' ); ?>
    			</label>
    		</span>
    		<?php
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-auto-add-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-auto-add-control.php#L17)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-auto-add-control.php#L17-L51)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Control](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php` |

Customize Control class.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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