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

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# WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::hash_nav_menu_args( array $args ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/hash_nav_menu_args/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/hash_nav_menu_args/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/hash_nav_menu_args/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/hash_nav_menu_args/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/hash_nav_menu_args/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/hash_nav_menu_args/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Hashes (hmac) the nav menu arguments to ensure they are not tampered with when submitted
in the Ajax request.

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

Note that the array is expected to be pre-sorted.

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

 `$args`arrayrequired

The arguments to hash.

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

 string Hashed nav menu arguments.

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

    ```php
    public function hash_nav_menu_args( $args ) {
    	return wp_hash( serialize( $args ) );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php#L1535)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php#L1535-L1537)

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

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

Gets the hash of the given string.

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

Renders a specific menu via [wp_nav_menu()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/) using the supplied arguments.

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

Keeps track of the arguments that are being passed to [wp_nav_menu()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/) .

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

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

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