Title: WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::js_value
Published: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting::js_value(): array|false

## In this article

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

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Prepares the value for editing on the client.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menu_item_setting/js_value/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array|false Value prepared for the client.

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

    ```php
    public function js_value() {
    	$value = parent::js_value();
    	if ( is_array( $value ) && isset( $value['original_title'] ) ) {
    		// Decode entities for the sake of displaying the original title as a placeholder.
    		$value['original_title'] = html_entity_decode( $value['original_title'], ENT_QUOTES, get_bloginfo( 'charset' ) );
    	}
    	return $value;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php#L269)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php#L269-L276)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Setting::js_value()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/js_value/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php` |

Sanitize the setting’s value for use in JavaScript.

  | 
| [get_bloginfo()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_bloginfo/)`wp-includes/general-template.php` |

Retrieves information about the current site.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.8.3](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.8.3/) | Introduced. |

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