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

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# class WP_Customize_New_Menu_Control {}

## In this article

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

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This class has been deprecated since 4.9.0. Use [WP_Customize_Control](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/)
instead.

Customize control class for new menus.

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

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_new_menu_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_new_menu_control/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_New_Menu_Control::__construct](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_new_menu_control/__construct/) | Constructor. — deprecated | 
| [WP_Customize_New_Menu_Control::render_content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_new_menu_control/render_content/) | Render the control’s content. — deprecated |

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

    ```php
    class WP_Customize_New_Menu_Control extends WP_Customize_Control {

    	/**
    	 * Control type.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.3.0
    	 * @var string
    	 */
    	public $type = 'new_menu';

    	/**
    	 * Constructor.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.9.0
    	 * @deprecated 4.9.0
    	 *
    	 * @see WP_Customize_Control::__construct()
    	 *
    	 * @param WP_Customize_Manager $manager Customizer bootstrap instance.
    	 * @param string               $id      The control ID.
    	 * @param array                $args    Optional. Arguments to override class property defaults.
    	 *                                      See WP_Customize_Control::__construct() for information
    	 *                                      on accepted arguments. Default empty array.
    	 */
    	public function __construct( WP_Customize_Manager $manager, $id, array $args = array() ) {
    		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '4.9.0' );
    		parent::__construct( $manager, $id, $args );
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Render the control's content.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.3.0
    	 * @deprecated 4.9.0
    	 */
    	public function render_content() {
    		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '4.9.0' );
    		?>
    		<button type="button" class="button button-primary" id="create-new-menu-submit"><?php _e( 'Create Menu' ); ?></button>
    		<span class="spinner"></span>
    		<?php
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-new-menu-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-new-menu-control.php#L21)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-new-menu-control.php#L21-L63)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_new_menu_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` |  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.9.0/) | Deprecated. This class is no longer used as of the menu creation UX introduced in #40104. | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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