Title: WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::render_nav_menu_partial
Published: April 12, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::render_nav_menu_partial( WP_Customize_Partial $partial, array $nav_menu_args ): string|false

## In this article

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

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/render_nav_menu_partial/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

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

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

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

 * [wp_nav_menu()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/)

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

 `$partial`[WP_Customize_Partial](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_partial/)
required

Partial.

`$nav_menu_args`arrayrequired

Nav menu args supplied as container context.

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

 string|false

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

    ```php
    public function render_nav_menu_partial( $partial, $nav_menu_args ) {
    	unset( $partial );

    	if ( ! isset( $nav_menu_args['args_hmac'] ) ) {
    		// Error: missing_args_hmac.
    		return false;
    	}

    	$nav_menu_args_hmac = $nav_menu_args['args_hmac'];
    	unset( $nav_menu_args['args_hmac'] );

    	ksort( $nav_menu_args );
    	if ( ! hash_equals( $this->hash_nav_menu_args( $nav_menu_args ), $nav_menu_args_hmac ) ) {
    		// Error: args_hmac_mismatch.
    		return false;
    	}

    	ob_start();
    	wp_nav_menu( $nav_menu_args );
    	$content = ob_get_clean();

    	return $content;
    }
    ```

[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#L1586)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php#L1586-L1608)

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

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

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

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

Displays a navigation menu.

  |

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

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

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