Title: WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Control::__construct
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Control::__construct( WP_Customize_Manager $manager, string $id, array $args = array() )

## In this article

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

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Constructor.

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

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

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

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

 `$manager`[WP_Customize_Manager](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_manager/)
required

Customizer bootstrap instance.

`$id`stringrequired

The control ID.

`$args`arrayoptional

Arguments to override class property defaults.
 See [WP_Customize_Control::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/__construct/)
for information on accepted arguments.

Default:`array()`

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

    ```php
    public function __construct( $manager, $id, $args = array() ) {
    	parent::__construct( $manager, $id, $args );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-control.php#L48)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-control.php#L48-L50)

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

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

Constructor.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::customize_register()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/customize_register/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php` |

Adds the customizer settings and controls.

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

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

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