Title: WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_most_recently_created_nav_menu
Published: August 8, 2023
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_most_recently_created_nav_menu( WP_Term[] $classic_nav_menus ): 󠀁[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_navigation_fallback/get_most_recently_created_nav_menu/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_navigation_fallback/get_most_recently_created_nav_menu/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_navigation_fallback/get_most_recently_created_nav_menu/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_navigation_fallback/get_most_recently_created_nav_menu/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Sorts the classic menus and returns the most recently created one.

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

 `$classic_nav_menus`[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)[]
required

Array of classic nav menu term objects.

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

 [WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/) The most 
recently created classic nav menu.

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

    ```php
    private static function get_most_recently_created_nav_menu( $classic_nav_menus ) {
    	usort(
    		$classic_nav_menus,
    		static function ( $a, $b ) {
    			return $b->term_id - $a->term_id;
    		}
    	);

    	return $classic_nav_menus[0];
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php#L211)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php#L211-L220)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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